Reading week

Maddeningly, I am still waiting for a final result on my Canadian politics comprehensive exam, and I still don’t know whether I will be writing the Public Policy comp this spring or remaining in the PhD program next year. In all probability, these many delays have simply been the result of bureaucratic inefficiency, but they have a tendency to feel punitive or malicious nonetheless.

Regardless of long-delayed exam results, I have a heap of obligations that built up during comp prep and which have yet to be discharged, including coursework, reading set aside when urgently studying, a job application, preparation for Summer Resident Program work, over 100 unanswered emails, revision for the next comp (in the event I end up writing it), work for Toronto350.org (including writing the March 6th lecture for the president of U of T), etc.

Hopefully, the absence of classes and reading and teaching obligations during reading week will contribute to the advancement of those aims.

Author: Milan

In the spring of 2005, I graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in International Relations and a general focus in the area of environmental politics. In the fall of 2005, I began reading for an M.Phil in IR at Wadham College, Oxford. Outside school, I am very interested in photography, writing, and the outdoors. I am writing this blog to keep in touch with friends and family around the world, provide a more personal view of graduate student life in Oxford, and pass on some lessons I've learned here. View all posts by Milan