[I]. For those who give a toss about my career, volume II
Esmeraldus
I have filed my dissertation prospectus.
It's not the dissertation itself, but it was a significant barrier, and I
had a hard time with it. Yesterday my director finally spoke up on my
behalf, saying that no other student in 30 years had been so thoroughly
cross-examined.
So now I get to repeat the performance with the dissertation, which should
be a barrel of laughs. But at least it means that I get another year of
funding, rather than having to seek an adjunct position somewhere and work
on it while teaching a heavy course load.
--
Stacie, fourth swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons & Bondage-happy predator
AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion
"If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible
warning." Catherine Aird, _His Burial Too_
http://esmeraldus.blogspot.com/
ingenious paradox
<muclu...@mypacks.net> wrote:
Hooray!
>It's not the dissertation itself, but it was a significant barrier, and I
>had a hard time with it. Yesterday my director finally spoke up on my
>behalf, saying that no other student in 30 years had been so thoroughly
>cross-examined.
Is that because they don't like your ideas, or because they think they
need to be developed as far as you can run?
Julie
Esmeraldus
I think there is a third option, but I'd really rather not release that
theory onto the interwebz under my own name.
peachy ashie passion
> After a year-long revision process that ended at about midnight last night,
> I have filed my dissertation prospectus.
>
> It's not the dissertation itself, but it was a significant barrier, and I
> had a hard time with it. Yesterday my director finally spoke up on my
> behalf, saying that no other student in 30 years had been so thoroughly
> cross-examined.
>
> So now I get to repeat the performance with the dissertation, which should
> be a barrel of laughs. But at least it means that I get another year of
> funding, rather than having to seek an adjunct position somewhere and work
> on it while teaching a heavy course load.
>
Yay Esmeraldus!
Also, thank heavens you are a closet masochist.
Elliott Grasett
> After a year-long revision process that ended at about midnight last night,
> I have filed my dissertation prospectus.
>
> It's not the dissertation itself, but it was a significant barrier, and I
> had a hard time with it. Yesterday my director finally spoke up on my
> behalf, saying that no other student in 30 years had been so thoroughly
> cross-examined.
>
> So now I get to repeat the performance with the dissertation, which should
> be a barrel of laughs. But at least it means that I get another year of
> funding, rather than having to seek an adjunct position somewhere and work
> on it while teaching a heavy course load.
>
--
Cheers,
Elliott
Esmeraldus
Ha. I've just invested a whole lot of time in this degree.
Lesley Weston
> After a year-long revision process that ended at about midnight last night,
> I have filed my dissertation prospectus.
>
> It's not the dissertation itself, but it was a significant barrier, and I
> had a hard time with it. Yesterday my director finally spoke up on my
> behalf, saying that no other student in 30 years had been so thoroughly
> cross-examined.
>
> So now I get to repeat the performance with the dissertation, which should
> be a barrel of laughs. But at least it means that I get another year of
> funding, rather than having to seek an adjunct position somewhere and work
> on it while teaching a heavy course load.
>
--
Lesley Weston
The addy above is real, but I won't see anything posted to it for a long
time. To reach me, use leswes att shaw dott ca, adjusting as necessary.
peachy ashie passion
Yes, as I said. Masochist.
Mary-MKS
> After a year-long revision process that ended at about midnight last night,
> I have filed my dissertation prospectus.
> It's not the dissertation itself, but it was a significant barrier, and I
> had a hard time with it. Yesterday my director finally spoke up on my
> behalf, saying that no other student in 30 years had been so thoroughly
> cross-examined.
> So now I get to repeat the performance with the dissertation, which should
> be a barrel of laughs. But at least it means that I get another year of
> funding, rather than having to seek an adjunct position somewhere and work
> on it while teaching a heavy course load.
Congratulations. I hope it gets easier.
-Mary
--
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Girls Clubs, who offer enrichment programs at four inner city Clubs and
a summer camp for underprivileged children. To support me, you can just
type "Mary Salit" into the box at http://www.ulbgc.org/marathon2008.php
Thomas Zahr
> ... prospectus filed
Woah! Congratulations
> ... Yesterday my director finally spoke up on my behalf,
> saying that no other student in 30 years had been so
> thoroughly cross-examined.
Ouch. At least they are going in with eyes wide open ;-)
--
Ciao
Thomas =:-)
<I'm in urgent need of a coffee>
Daniel Orner
> After a year-long revision process that ended at about midnight last night,
> I have filed my dissertation prospectus.
>
> It's not the dissertation itself, but it was a significant barrier, and I
> had a hard time with it. Yesterday my director finally spoke up on my
> behalf, saying that no other student in 30 years had been so thoroughly
> cross-examined.
>
> So now I get to repeat the performance with the dissertation, which should
> be a barrel of laughs. But at least it means that I get another year of
> funding, rather than having to seek an adjunct position somewhere and work
> on it while teaching a heavy course load.
>
Congrats! I've never done a doctorate, but I can certainly remember the
spine-tingling horror of presenting my master's thesis. *shiver*
Sometimes I regret not going further in academia, but there are always
things that remind me why I didn't. ^^;
Bonzai Kitten
That's extremely impressive. And to be grilled like that, everyone
else must have thought so too!
Daniel Orner
It wasn't too bad, honestly... a 20-minute presentation, followed by 2
hours of attack questions... -_-;;;
Seriously, though, by the time you actually present the thesis, it's
almost impossible that it'll be turned down, or your mentor/whatever the
term is (I've already forgotten) would have told you about it. It's
extremely rare. So I basically just took the questions as they were,
answered the ones I could, said "that's a good point, you're right" to
the ones I couldn't, and came out okay. 8-)
Ironically, I ended up *disproving* my thesis to some extent, but still
wrangled it into two separate papers. Some of the reviewers were
impressed that I had the courage to show results that were inconsistent
with what I'd expected.
Esmeraldus
> Esmeraldus wrote:
>> After a year-long revision process that ended at about midnight last
>> night, I have filed my dissertation prospectus.
> Congrats! I've never done a doctorate, but I can certainly remember
> the spine-tingling horror of presenting my master's thesis. *shiver*
> Sometimes I regret not going further in academia, but there are always
> things that remind me why I didn't. ^^;
My Master's went so smoothly that thi was a bit of a rude hock.
Diane L.
> After a year-long revision process that ended at about midnight last
> night, I have filed my dissertation prospectus.
>
> It's not the dissertation itself, but it was a significant barrier,
> and I had a hard time with it. Yesterday my director finally spoke up
> on my behalf, saying that no other student in 30 years had been so
> thoroughly cross-examined.
>
> So now I get to repeat the performance with the dissertation, which
> should be a barrel of laughs. But at least it means that I get
> another year of funding, rather than having to seek an adjunct
> position somewhere and work on it while teaching a heavy course load
Congratulations.
I hope the rest of the process goes well.
Diane L. (who does give a toss)
Esmeraldus
> Esmeraldus wrote:
>> So now I get to repeat the performance with the dissertation, which
>> should be a barrel of laughs. But at least it means that I get
>> another year of funding, rather than having to seek an adjunct
>> position somewhere and work on it while teaching a heavy course load
>
> Congratulations.
>
> I hope the rest of the process goes well.
>
> Diane L. (who does give a toss)
Thank you. The full story is locked down on my Livejournal, because I
really, really can't let some of it loose into the wild. But I have been
raked over the coals for months.
Larry Moore
> Esmeraldus posted:
>
>> ... prospectus filed
>
> Woah! Congratulations
>
>> ... Yesterday my director finally spoke up on my behalf,
>> saying that no other student in 30 years had been so
>> thoroughly cross-examined.
>
> Ouch. At least they are going in with eyes wide open ;-)
>
And it will be no honourary degree.
--
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an
understanding of ourselves.
Carl Jung
Geoff Field
> Bonzai Kitten wrote:
>> On May 2, 11:36 pm, Daniel Orner <webmas...@ffcompendium.com> wrote:
>>> Esmeraldus wrote:
>>>> After a year-long revision process that ended at about midnight
>>>> last night, I have filed my dissertation prospectus.
>>>> It's not the dissertation itself, but it was a significant
>>>> barrier, and I had a hard time with it. Yesterday my director
>>>> finally spoke up on my behalf, saying that no other student in 30
>>>> years had been so thoroughly cross-examined.
>>>> So now I get to repeat the performance with the dissertation,
>>>> which should be a barrel of laughs. But at least it means that I
>>>> get another year of funding, rather than having to seek an adjunct
>>>> position somewhere and work on it while teaching a heavy course
>>>> load.
>>> Congrats! I've never done a doctorate, but I can certainly
>>> remember the spine-tingling horror of presenting my master's
>>> thesis. *shiver* Sometimes I regret not going further in academia, but
>>> there are
>>> always things that remind me why I didn't. ^^;
>>
>> That's extremely impressive. And to be grilled like that, everyone
>> else must have thought so too!
>
> It wasn't too bad, honestly... a 20-minute presentation, followed by 2
> hours of attack questions... -_-;;;
That's what it feels like to present at a design review in Japan.
> Seriously, though, by the time you actually present the thesis, it's
> almost impossible that it'll be turned down, or your mentor/whatever
> the term is (I've already forgotten) would have told you about it.
> It's extremely rare. So I basically just took the questions as they
> were, answered the ones I could, said "that's a good point, you're
> right" to the ones I couldn't, and came out okay. 8-)
> Ironically, I ended up *disproving* my thesis to some extent, but
> still wrangled it into two separate papers. Some of the reviewers were
> impressed that I had the courage to show results that were
> inconsistent with what I'd expected.
That's what the scientific method is all about, really, isn't it?
And dancing rodents on getting through this important barrier.
Geoff
--
Geoff Field
Professional Geek,
Amateur Stage-Levelling Gauge
Esmeraldus
> And dancing rodents on getting through this important barrier.
Thanks. I'm not sure what to expect from the "defense" of the prospectus,
though.
It's a bigger committee thn my Master's, and the process hasn't been as
smooth.
--
Stacie, fourth swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons & Bondage-happy predator
AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion & AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED
E.S.
> After a year-long revision process that ended at about midnight last night,
> I have filed my dissertation prospectus.
>
> It's not the dissertation itself, but it was a significant barrier, and I
> had a hard time with it. Yesterday my director finally spoke up on my
> behalf, saying that no other student in 30 years had been so thoroughly
> cross-examined.
>
> So now I get to repeat the performance with the dissertation, which should
> be a barrel of laughs. But at least it means that I get another year of
> funding, rather than having to seek an adjunct position somewhere and work
> on it while teaching a heavy course load.
*cheers with wild abandon*
Jeff Howell
> After a year-long revision process that ended at about midnight last night,
> I have filed my dissertation prospectus.
>
> It's not the dissertation itself, but it was a significant barrier, and I
> had a hard time with it. Yesterday my director finally spoke up on my
> behalf, saying that no other student in 30 years had been so thoroughly
> cross-examined.
>
> So now I get to repeat the performance with the dissertation, which should
> be a barrel of laughs. But at least it means that I get another year of
> funding, rather than having to seek an adjunct position somewhere and work
> on it while teaching a heavy course load.
Well done! I know how much stress I've been under just working on my
Master's degree, so I figure taking that and multiplying it by at least
10 gives me some idea of your workload. ;)
Have fun with the dissertation! (assuming that's possible)
--
Jeff
Jeff Howell
And this is *exactly* why I'm so very happy that I had the option of
doing a Master's project instead of a thesis...
--
Jeff
Esmeraldus
Our Master's program had a portfolio option a well as a thesis option, but I
knew I'd be going on the the Ph.D., so I wanted the practice.
Jeff Howell
Yeah... if I were at all interested in doing my Ph.D., I'd have gone the
thesis route. But I'm not. At all. ;) So in a bit less than a week,
I'll be finished with my Master's degree and making a go at life outside
academia.
--
Jeff
Esmeraldus
You're that close to finishing it? Go you. I have a "defense" of my
propectus tomorrow, and I am frankly terrified, because I've been put
through an unusual amount of grief over the thing.
But with any luck, I should finish in a year or so.
It would be so nice to be finished...I envy you while at the same time being
very HAPPY for you.
Mary-MKS
> Jeff Howell wrote:
>> Yeah... if I were at all interested in doing my Ph.D., I'd have gone
>> the thesis route. But I'm not. At all. ;) So in a bit less than a
>> week, I'll be finished with my Master's degree and making a go at
>> life outside academia.
> very HAPPY for you.
AOL.
Congratulations, Jeff.
peachy ashie passion
> Esmeraldus wrote:
>
>> Jeff Howell wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah... if I were at all interested in doing my Ph.D., I'd have gone
>>> the thesis route. But I'm not. At all. ;) So in a bit less than a
>>> week, I'll be finished with my Master's degree and making a go at
>>> life outside academia.
>>
>> It would be so nice to be finished...I envy you while at the same time
>> being very HAPPY for you.
>
>
> AOL.
>
> Congratulations, Jeff.
>
> -Mary
>
Is it time yet? Are ya done yet?
Congratulations Jeff!
It's a year later for me and I am STILL luxuriating in not having
homework.
FiX
<muclu...@mypacks.net> wrote:
>er a year-long revision process that ended at about midnight last night,
>I have filed my dissertation prospectus.
[...]
Dancing rodents!
FiX
--
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appreciate things that leave Joe and Josephine Q.
Public drooling with duh."
-April Goodwin-Smith
Alec Cawley
And yet ISTR yo8 thinking about taking on another course to keep the
academic access. Truly a double edged sword.
CCA
> After a year-long revision process that ended at about midnight last night,
> I have filed my dissertation prospectus.
Excellent! :-)
CCA
peachy ashie passion
wrote:
It is.
I seriously did apply to another masters degree program to start
after I finished my first, but I didn't meet the acceptance criteria,
and they wouldn't waive the geography bit. :(
Jeff Howell
> Jeff Howell wrote:
>> Esmeraldus wrote:
>>> Jeff Howell wrote:
>>>> Esmeraldus wrote:
>>>>> My Master's went so smoothly that thi was a bit of a rude hock.
>>>> And this is *exactly* why I'm so very happy that I had the option of
>>>> doing a Master's project instead of a thesis...
>>> Our Master's program had a portfolio option a well as a thesis
>>> option, but I knew I'd be going on the the Ph.D., so I wanted the
>>> practice.
>> Yeah... if I were at all interested in doing my Ph.D., I'd have gone
>> the thesis route. But I'm not. At all. ;) So in a bit less than a
>> week, I'll be finished with my Master's degree and making a go at
>> life outside academia.
>
> You're that close to finishing it? Go you. I have a "defense" of my
> propectus tomorrow, and I am frankly terrified, because I've been put
> through an unusual amount of grief over the thing.
Close enough that now I'm done. Woo! Well... except for a single grade
that I'm waiting for, but I'm not particularly worried about it.
> But with any luck, I should finish in a year or so.
It's amazing how a year can be both incredibly short and painfully long
all at the same time, isn't it?
> It would be so nice to be finished...I envy you while at the same time being
> very HAPPY for you.
Thanks. :) It's a huge relief to be done. Of course, now there's that
whole 'real world' thing I have to deal with.
--
Jeff
Jeff Howell
> Mary-MKS wrote:
>> Esmeraldus wrote:
>>> It would be so nice to be finished...I envy you while at the same
>>> time being very HAPPY for you.
>> AOL.
>>
>> Congratulations, Jeff.
>
> Congratulations Jeff!
>
> It's a year later for me and I am STILL luxuriating in not having
> homework.
Thanks, all three of you. :)
I'm not sure what I'm going to *do* now that I've got evenings and
weekends free to do something other than schoolwork!
--
Jeff
Lesley Weston
> Esmeraldus wrote:
>> Jeff Howell wrote:
>>> Esmeraldus wrote:
>>>> Jeff Howell wrote:
>>>>> Esmeraldus wrote:
>>>>>> My Master's went so smoothly that thi was a bit of a rude hock.
>>>>> And this is *exactly* why I'm so very happy that I had the option of
>>>>> doing a Master's project instead of a thesis...
>>>> Our Master's program had a portfolio option a well as a thesis
>>>> option, but I knew I'd be going on the the Ph.D., so I wanted the
>>>> practice.
>>> Yeah... if I were at all interested in doing my Ph.D., I'd have gone
>>> the thesis route. But I'm not. At all. ;) So in a bit less than a
>>> week, I'll be finished with my Master's degree and making a go at
>>> life outside academia.
>>
>> You're that close to finishing it? Go you. I have a "defense" of my
>> propectus tomorrow, and I am frankly terrified, because I've been put
>> through an unusual amount of grief over the thing.
>
> Close enough that now I'm done. Woo! Well... except for a single grade
> that I'm waiting for, but I'm not particularly worried about it.
Congratulations!
--
Lesley Weston
The addy above is real, but I won't see anything posted to it for a long
time. To reach me, use leswes att shaw dott ca, adjusting as necessary.
Geoff Field
[snip]
> I'm not sure what I'm going to *do* now that I've got evenings and
> weekends free to do something other than schoolwork!
Have a life, perhaps?
Oh, and dancing rodents to you, too. I don't think I congratulated you
yet.
Jeff Howell
> Jeff Howell wrote:
> [snip]
>> I'm not sure what I'm going to *do* now that I've got evenings and
>> weekends free to do something other than schoolwork!
>
> Have a life, perhaps?
Scary thought, that. But maybe I'll give it a try. Once I catch up on
my sleep, that is.
> Oh, and dancing rodents to you, too. I don't think I congratulated you
> yet.
Thanks. :)
--
Jeff