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=Welcome to a collection of my thoughts and experiences throughout my amazing journey to "Master" my education..... =

At times, my journey has definitely felt like this...



 but, as writer Edward Abbey says,

 "May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome,  dangerous, leading to the most amazing view....."



This journey has been a memorable one. I have very mixed feelings about coming to the end. My mind keeps jumping from, "Whew.....thank goodness that's over with!", to "Hmm....what should I take next?" I know which one my family would pick - they sure are excited to be done with my 3-hour phone calls :)

This wiki is dedicated to my growth throughout the past five years while completing courses for my Masters of Education, specializing in Educational Administration. It has undoubtedly helped me grow into the teacher, mother, and woman and I am today. I did not attend my undergraduate convocation, and looking back, I think it was because I did not yet feel connected to the work I had done. The story is very different this time around. I have poured much of my blood, sweat, and tears into these classes, and my maturity made me highly intrinsically motivated. This just reassures me that I love my job, and that it helps define who I am as a person.

This reflection process has been one that I wish I would have started sooner in my graduate studies career. It has been a long five years, and while life happens in between, I admit now that I never once looked back at a previous class. I can even see now that I researched and completed a few papers and projects that would have tied together very nicely, had I realized it. It's funny how quickly one forgets the amount of effort and time that goes into a project. As I looked through course outlines and collected assignments, I found myself saying out loud, more than once, "Shoot, why didn't I use the research from this paper to help me in this other class." Or, "This concept was just being discussed at our school, why didn't I pull out these articles that I had." For this reason, I am so glad we ended our journey with this reflection.

My wiki is organized to help you navigate through the various courses I took throughout my program. The courses are organized into three groups: Educational Core Courses, Administration Specialization Courses, and Elective Courses. There are also pages that give you a brief overview of my personal and professional story. My hope is that by sharing my journey with others, it may inspire some to jump in and take a new risk - it has definitely paid off in more ways than one for me.