The funny part to me about blogs is their general lack of credibility.

Researchers go through and through the world, exemplifying anecdotal evidence as call to begin research to CHANGE THE WORLD, as so would be. And yet, when we apply this logic to the outside realm, the real world, the common person equates a nearly zero balance to your perceptions. And they say doctors make bad patients…

To have a PhD is to admit that change doesn’t stem from asking the big questions, but rather from addressing the small ones that compromise them. The difference between a PhD who teaches and a PhD who researches is the fuctional difference between the teacher who knows how to teach and the teacher who has learned how to teach. When people have a PhD, the assumption is they know the questions to ask, and so their mentorship is invaluable because they’ve learned the industry deficits.

When you have an undergraduate program, the common assumption is that you want excessive knowledge. Undergraduate degrees are functionally misunderstood as an extension of a high school diploma. An undergraduate degree whose components are all over the place may give you more context for your community, but it will not give you the background to ask the right questions. An undergraduate degree whose components are more indiciative of industry needs and openings prepares you to enact change through focused questions and soltution-oriented strategies.

The tricky thing then is when those disparate schools of thoughts consider what a Master’s degree should represent. A Master’s degree serves several purposes, which is something I wanted to leave this segue with.

1. Proves you have some underlying skills in the field.
2. Asks us to consider what has changed in the field recently.
3. Acknowledges that we need more foundational understanding of some skills before we can work to improve the industry through change.
4. Serves as a bridge when people switch careeer paths.
5. Creates a baseline of essential skills a working professional has.
6. Mentors the students through deciding what their goals are.

There are more, definitive points, but those are the general components of a Master’s degree program. Considering those as a close to the educational philosophy behind this blog, let’s meet me for a minute.

Dorothy B, that’s me!

I am a queer woman in her mid-twenties whose background is super excitingly abstract in it’s lack of consistency. My background basically demonstrates that giving excessive educational opportunities to an anxiety-ridden human being ultimately results in a choas cluster of rationality and focus.

But what are some truths of Dorothy???

1. She has not has the same hair color for more than several months at a time (at least not since she began her hair color journey at fourteen).
2. Her kitty cat (whom she is chaotically allergic to) is a munchin muffin head whose main goal in life is to eat all the treats.
3. She holds an economics degreee. And two minors with that, considering that finishing up the beginnings of five degrees was TOO MUCH.
4. Her brain is a zoomy zoom zoom. (See Mazda slogan: “Zoom Zoom”)
5. She adores people because every story matters and deserves space.
6. Her goal with this site is to have fun and educate!

As for the whole blog, expect there to be several components of energy in each segment of verbosity. People are multifaceted, and I want you to experience this blog as though it is truly socratic at heart. Don’t just stare. Think. Pause. Relate. Laugh. Enjoy that life is silly, and feel free to express that with an eye roll!

I began my journey as a budding documentarian.

I’m currently in the thick of it, proving that my hippie desires to change the world are not going to supercede my ability.

XOXO*

Dorothy B

(That’s Me!)

*No, I will not be taking Gossip Girl takes at this time.