I’m in a good mood. Actually, I’m in a great mood. I feel as if I’m saying this as if it’s not normal, but I’m really feeling great. Despite feeling a little physically tired, I feel great spiritually, emotionally, and psychologically. There is definite positivity on the UGA front.

Classes have gotten underway completely (you know, now it’s time for assignments to be due and stuff), and I realized that what they have been saying all along is true- 15 hours for a graduate student is A LOT. They actually don’t like for graduate students to take more than 9 hours, but I have a vested interest in graduating on May 12, 2007…so I’m gonna make it do what it do. I feel that I’ve been reading SO much more than I have in such a long time. And I’m proud of myself for staying on top of my reading. However, I won’t make promises for the rest of the semester. As we get further and further along, some things might change.

As always, I am completely in awe of God and how He continues to bless me and those around me. I am so grateful for all that He has done and continues to do.

Hope you’re all doing well! Be encouraged!

Something worth considering from UGA Professor Derrick Aldridge:

In this study, I argue that American history textbooks present discrete, heroic, one-dimensional, and neatly packaged master narratives that deny students a complex, realistic, and rich understanding of people and events in American history. In making this argument, I examine the master narratives of Martin Luther King, Jr., in high school history textbooks and show how textbooks present prescribed, oversimplified, and uncontroversial narratives of King that obscure important elements in King’s life and thought. Such master narratives, I contend, permeate most history textbooks and deny students critical lenses through which to examine, analyze, and interpret social issues today. The article concludes with suggestions about how teachers might begin to address the current problem of master narratives and offer alternative approaches to presenting U.S. history.

You can read the study here