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B.A., Sociology with a minor in Science, Technology, and Society, 2010, The University of Texas at Austin
M.B.A., Business Analytics, 2024, Midwestern State University (TX)
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student office building
I’ve had this idea for some time now and I think it is ready for a public forum. Being a full-time college student is a full-time job. We’re in the classroom between 12, at the least, and 30 hours a week, depending on labs. Plus, we’re expected to study at least an hour a day…
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quick post: what are blogs?
In STS 321, we were asked “What are blogs?” Below are the notes I scratched into Notepad before we started discussing it. Blogs are a forum for individuals to share ideas and thoughts on any number of interests. As with every forum, the credibility and usefulness of the ideas has to be questioned and examined.…
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sts 321 – another class, another blog
I’m now enrolled in STS 321: Intro to Science, Technology and Society. This is the fourth STS class I’ve taken [311, 331 (Wireless Revolutions) and 331 (Multimedia Writing-W)] and so I’m not all that worried about it. The course outline appears to be interesting and overall is looking at topics I haven’t studied much if…
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texas isn’t ranked?
I’m in my social stats class going over some very basic terms: nominal and ordinal variables. Ordinal variables are one that are ordered, or could be ranked. For example, when a poll asks “how happy are you?”, the answers are ordered: “Very happy”, “somewhat happy”, “neither”, “somewhat unhappy”, etc. The professor then shocked everyone in…
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let the donors choose
I ran into this site today, Donors Choose, a site that connects teachers who need funding with donors. Teachers can post project proposal and indicate the funding level they need in order to successfully implement it. Donors can choose from the various projects and opt to fund a project, either in part or in full.…
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this is war: a cingular story
Alright. So I thought the problem I was having with my phone was fixed. This weekend, I find out that Vanessa and Stephanie both had this happen to them while attempting to call my phone. I call Customer Care tonight, after leaving a voicemail with the engineer who called me after the December 11 phone…