Re: Hello - Kate

[Misty]

Wow, psychology - I love psych. and soc. What area of psych are you?

[lm]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:06:29 -0600, 'Kate <> wrote:

>On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:22:48 -0600 (CST), (Misty)
>>Wow, psychology - I love psych. and soc. What area of psych are you?
>
>It'll be cognitive psychology if I'm one of the "chosen few" selected
>for grad school. If not, I'll be a secretary with a great education.
>:-)

LOL! Right now I'm a typist with a great education :-) Nice to give my
brain a rest actually.

lm

[CME]

<'Kate> wrote in message ...
> On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 20:57:00 GMT, lm >
> >On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:06:29 -0600, 'Kate <> wrote:
> >
> >>On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:22:48 -0600 (CST), (Misty)
> >>>Wow, psychology - I love psych. and soc. What area of psych are you?
> >>
> >>It'll be cognitive psychology if I'm one of the "chosen few" selected
> >>for grad school. If not, I'll be a secretary with a great education.
> >>:-)
> >
> >LOL! Right now I'm a typist with a great education :-) Nice to give my
> >brain a rest actually.
> >
> >lm
>
> Whatever it takes to make a buck. I hear ya about brain rest. See...
> I'm avoiding that paper because it needs to be converted from normal
> people speak to snooty formal style and my converter program is on the
> blink.
>
> 'Kate

Yeah, I'm procrastinating right now... *whines* I don't wanna write my
paper. This term has snuck up on me...

Christine

[Misty]

Kate, though being a secretary with a great education is just as
admirable :),
I wish you luck on being one of the chosen few! Sounds very
interesting! I hope to one day go back and get a master's in either
school psych or an area of soc. (I minored in both psych and soc) Good
luck to both you and Christine with those papers. When I turned in my
last paper, I -honest to God- did a little dance around that room! :)

[Joy]

<'Kate> wrote in message ...

>
> Whatever it takes to make a buck. I hear ya about brain rest. See...
> I'm avoiding that paper because it needs to be converted from normal
> people speak to snooty formal style and my converter program is on the
> blink.
>
> 'Kate

You need the BS-o-matic! It'll solve all your conversion problems:

http://www.visorvillage.com/software/pc/BS-o-Matic-2002-1-13-palm-pc.html

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<'Kate> wrote in message ...
> On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:49:43 GMT, "CME" >
> >
> ><'Kate> wrote in message
...
> >> On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 20:57:00 GMT, lm >
> >> >On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:06:29 -0600, 'Kate <> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:22:48 -0600 (CST), (Misty)
> >> >>>Wow, psychology - I love psych. and soc. What area of psych are
you?
> >> >>
> >> >>It'll be cognitive psychology if I'm one of the "chosen few" selected
> >> >>for grad school. If not, I'll be a secretary with a great education.
> >> >>:-)
> >> >
> >> >LOL! Right now I'm a typist with a great education :-) Nice to give my
> >> >brain a rest actually.
> >> >
> >> >lm
> >>
> >> Whatever it takes to make a buck. I hear ya about brain rest. See...
> >> I'm avoiding that paper because it needs to be converted from normal
> >> people speak to snooty formal style and my converter program is on the
> >> blink.
> >>
> >> 'Kate
> >
> >Yeah, I'm procrastinating right now... *whines* I don't wanna write my
> >paper. This term has snuck up on me...
> >
> >Christine
>
> hey... um... what's your paper on?
>
> I'm writing one on adolescent bereavement and resilience, another on the
> dynamics of the family, dysfunction, and the effect on children and
> adolescents.
>
> 'Kate
>

I'm working on 3. For my Sociology of Killing class I'm writing about
female serial murder (which isn't well known, but very fascinating... don't
worry, I'm not researching their tactics. lol) The other is the cultural
genocide of Native peoples in Canada, using Residential schools as a means
to an end, for my Native Studies class. The other is how Criminology is
gender biased and how that contributes to the lack of research on female
crime and the implications that has for female offenders within the Criminal
Justice System for my Women and Science course. Eeek, I should get crackin,
term is almost over.

Christine

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<'Kate> wrote in message ...
> On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 04:35:57 GMT, "CME" >
>
> >I'm working on 3. For my Sociology of Killing class <snip>
>
> >Christine
>
> Say what? Missed that the first time. How do they think up these
> classes? A whole semester devoted to killing?
>
> 'Kate

Yeah, it's the most interesting class I've taken since I started University.
It's a 400 level seminar course on the different types of killing...
infanticide, serial murder, lynching, war, capital punishment etc. Here's a
snippet from my syllabus:

"'Thou Shalt Not Kill' appears to be one of our great social universals.
Closer inspection reveals that there are many instances when killing is not
only approved, but socially sanctioned and encouraged. This 4th year
seminar course will investigate the sociological implications of various
approaches to the act of killing other human beings. By examining the
diversity of killing, we will explore assorted sociological questions.
These include whether 'society' serves to constrain a human tendency to
kill, or, alternately, how social forces can transform otherwise normal
individuals into killers. ... This course uses the act of killing other
human beings as an entree into exploring a host of sociological questions
about culture, power, deviance, and the extremes of human conduct."

Some of the things I've read about: The Rape of Nanking, the murder of
street children in Brazil by Death Squads (police), Corporate killing (ie:
The Pinto and the cost analysis that was done), Hitmen and other
'professionals', The Holocaust and Modernity, Rwanda, Cults, and virtual
killings (ie: Video games, paintball)... the list goes on and on. I'd have
to say the most challenging aspect of this course, was to remove yourself
from your emotions so that you could read about some pretty graphic events
and the description of what went on (especially to innocent children).

Christine