August 22, 2008

Graduate School With Children, Part 3

By KEITH GREENE

It's time to dispel the graduate-school myth that family time is wasted time

Now that I have completed my first year in a top doctoral program in history, while balancing my responsibilities as the father of two young children, I can say with certainty that they weren't the drain on my productivity that everyone seemed to predict they would be. In fact, I think my kids have actually made me a better scholar.

I've gotten used to hearing a range of reactions when faculty members

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