My Personal Mount Everest

Paper Summary:

The writer addresses the concerns of managing his time, managing the financial constraints that graduate school imposes and relying on others for support. The writer identifies strategies in order to overcome these challenges and meet with success.

Outline:
Introduction
Time Management
Finances
Support System
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"After nearly fourteen years of anticipating the rigors of graduate school, much speculation has been abruptly replaced by the realization of upcoming challenges. I have spent most of those fourteen years lacking self-confidence in the characteristics which all graduate students should possess--worldliness, experience-based knowledge and critical thinking. When Sir Edmund Hillary asked why he scaled Mount Everest, he replied, "Because it was there" (Hill, 2007); thus, graduate school is now own personal Mount Everest."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Fleming, Grace. (2007). Time Management Exercise. About.com. Internet.Retrieved from http:homeworktips.about.com/od/studymethods/qt/task/diary.htm.
• Hills, Ken. (August 25, 2007). We All Face our Own Mount Everest in Life. Daily Mercury. Guelph, Ontario. pg. A.9
• Kuther, Tara. (2007). 5 Tips for Coping with Grad School Stress. About.com. Internet. Retrieved from http://gradschool.about.com/cs/new/a/studentstress.htm?p=1.
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