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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 04:04 AM
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I hate writing 50 page papers
Single spaced.

20 research articles to be reviewed and tied together.

I am on page 20. I have to make it to page 50 by Wednesday.

It is on transformational leadership.

Goodbye DU until Thursday!
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Quetzal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 04:20 AM
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1. Yikes
!!! Good Luck!!! You are definetly going to need it
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jdots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 04:26 AM
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2. WOW 50 pages,thats brutal
you better stay away from here 30 more to go kick ass.
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eleonora Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 04:26 AM
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3. ack, good luck!
Nice sig pic by the way!
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NoodleBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 04:32 AM
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4. I have an essay based on an interview of my dad about the cuban missile
crisis that was due last monday that I haven't gotten done yet.

really, really trivial compared to your assignment though... just thought I'd share.
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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 06:21 AM
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5. I am too old to even think about it anymore.
Those were the days. I recall I once did one on, get this, beads. Do not laugh they have been used by every society since time started.
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GingerSnaps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 06:31 AM
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6. OMG I thought that 12 pages was a bit too much
:wow: My economics Professor told our class that he had a wise guy in one of his classes last semester. The guy found a font on the Internet that was real large and he used the font on his report and what he handed in could have fit on one single page.
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huellewig Donating Member (700 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 07:04 AM
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7. I always thought econ papers were easy to write.
Edited on Mon Nov-15-04 07:10 AM by huellewig
I always struggled with literature. At least with Econ I could run around in circles. Which reminds me of one of my favorite quotes.

"President Harry Truman hated what he termed two-armed economists, those who would advise him first “on the one hand” and then “on the other hand.” Give me a one-armed economist, he demanded, an adviser who wouldn’t waffle."

And now that qoute pisses me off. From here on out it is French Toast and Pancakes.


Wierd: only half my post made it through. Should be OK now.
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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 01:21 AM
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8. 29 pages down now...21 to go.
I have 36 hours left.

I think I'm going to make it!
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WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 01:24 AM
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9. single spaced??
FUCK DUDE, that's INSANE!
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Placebo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 01:25 AM
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10. Single-Spaced is just absurd.
Both for you to have to type, and the professor to have to read!
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fortyfeetunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 01:49 AM
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12. I got at least 15 single spaced, plus a bunch of pictures
the prof said we couldn't get away with less than 15 pages single spaced, but if we had more than 25, he knows something is wrong...mine has at least 12 illustrations and analyses....I can't wait for THanksgiving break so I can hole up somewhere and finish mine...
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fortyfeetunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 01:33 AM
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11. And I thought 25 was a pain
Mine is due in 3 weeks with a ton of analysis ahead. Good luck. Maybe you can get some DU'er to help ya. What's the topic?
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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 02:30 AM
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13. transformational leadership
I am getting my Masters' in Industrial/Orgainizational Psychology
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fortyfeetunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 09:45 PM
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14. What's your paper about?
Please do tell!
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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 12:23 AM
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16. it is about transformational leadership
for the third time! :P

...and by the way, I'm now on page 43, baby!!!! :bounce:

I predict a DU post-a-thon in about 24 hours! For now, it's back into my studying hole.
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fortyfeetunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 12:34 AM
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18. I understand the topic- I was interested in details!!!
I took a class in organizational behavior, and we get fed classes in transformational leadership (we are in the ungodly position of having responsibility without authority)

Glad you are at page 43!!! Will you share your results?

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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 01:06 AM
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21. Details
Edited on Wed Nov-17-04 01:07 AM by JohnnyCougar
Basically it is a detailed lit review of the more recent journal articles on the topic. Very broad in scope.

There are four components of transformational leadership (god, I must have typed that phrase 250 times in the last 48 hours):

1. Idealized influence - emphasizes trust, takes stands on difficult issues, presents the followers' most common values. is a role model that generates pride and confidence. charisma.

2. Inspirational motivation - generates and articulates an appealing vision of the future, challenges followers with high standards.

3. Intellectual stimulation - questions old assumptions, encourages others to think from different perspectives

4. Individualized consideration - considers individuals' unique needs and abilities

Transformational leaders are almost always the most effective type of leader. Confirmatory factor analyses have added construct validity to this deliniation of leadership behavior. It applies to all cultures and all levels of leadership.

I think of Bill Clinton and MLK when I think of a transformational leader. They inspere followers to trancend self-interest for the benefit of the group.
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hollywood926 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 09:47 PM
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15. I'm surprised you have to do that with all the hit songs you've had. n/t
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sir_captain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 12:31 AM
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17. Heh...good luck
My thesis was about 90 pages or so...but that took me a year and a half.
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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 12:56 AM
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20. this isn't even my thesis
this is my first semester.

I can't wait for my thesis :(
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 12:40 AM
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19. That's all? Only 50 pages?
:D

You'll make it. Good luck!
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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 05:28 PM
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22. DONE!!!!!!!
All done, it was 52 pages total!!

:bounce: :party: :headbang: :bounce: :toast:
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 05:31 PM
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23. Wow, that was fast!
-----------------------------------
Would Jesus love a liberal? You bet!
http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/
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Ima Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 05:36 PM
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25. Congratulations!
:toast:
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 05:33 PM
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24. I only miss college for the drunk single women...
certainly not for 50-page, single-spaced papers.
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