Alissa Talley-Pixley

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• ...what this new phase means... February 3, 2013
  So, I've not blogged in over a month.  I think I'm still relishing in the glory of having weekends and evenings, and frankly, I've not been doing much of anything productive during those times.  It's time to get back at it, though I'm going to be off blogging next weekend, too.At this point, I've graduated and am working 5 days […]
• Prepared for what? December 17, 2012
  I don't often write about something that is outside of my own little world, but what happened last Friday in Newtown, Connecticut is something that affects all of our worlds.  And will.  Forever.No words can express the absolute tragedy that occurred.  I won't even try.  This horrific event reminded me of how precious life is, and how something tha […]
• Close... December 9, 2012
  This week, I will have my two final classes at the University of Michigan (after 15 total semesters including undergrad), will finish my final two papers, and one final exam.  Pair that with last week's three presentations, one group paper, and another final paper, and that's a lot of finals work.So, I'm not feeling creative today, and thus am […]
• What really matters - past to present December 2, 2012
  Finals time!  The next couple of weeks will be dedicated to the final semester push to finish graduate school. It's hard to believe the end of the road is so near... five semesters of studying, paper writing, reading, and learning are about to culminate into a goal I set out to achieve three years ago.Three years ago, in December 2009, I was studying fo […]
• Pulling it all together November 25, 2012
  Finals season starts... now.  In the next few weeks I'll be pulling together what I have learned over the past semester into papers, presentations, and one e-portfolio.  While papers and presentations are one great way to show my learning over the term, the e-portfolio brings together reflections, goals, and my professional philosophy for my student aff […]