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There are usually four major fields in political science departments; international relations, comparative politics, American politics and political theory (and sometimes quantitative methodology). In GW, you choose one field from the first three as a major, and another field from the rest (four fields). I am thinking of doing comparative as my major, and either [...]
I made close study buddies with Lilian, a Taiwanese-American girl, and Colm, an Irish guy, in my program. We occupy a conference room of Lilian’s office every night and every weekend just to study. The way we use the office reminds Colm of the film, Being John Malkovich. Ya, I totally agree with him.
There is [...]
Since this is just the beginning of the first semester, I think I am still at the phase of learning what exactly the political science field is about. We have been studying theoretical frameworks and major issues (in IR and Comparative Politics) so far, and it’s been actually fun. I am also doing a TA [...]
My friend in the program, Lilian, kindly took me around to do some shopping. She made a trip for me to an Asian grocery store, where I bought a lot of stuff including a rice cooker. I saw many Taiwanese things there. The people working there don’t speak English; I am glad I still could [...]
The boxes that I shipped from Taiwan and Japan finally arrived in DC. I unpacked them (finally!), and I fully settled into this city. I miss Taiwan, though.