When they finally announce the defense date- Do you
a) Jump with joy! The end is finally near
b) Panic- Now, where is that "book"? How much do you remember?
c) Regret- should have published a few more topics from the dissertation so that the criticisms from examiners will be less fiery.
d) Can't believe it! Is this the end???
e) Happy- time to allocate all the housework to the other half now that you need to "prepare for exams"
Is Phd the end of education, or just the beginning of education?
Showing posts with label phd. Show all posts
Showing posts with label phd. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Impt PhD topic
Can some PhD aspirants please consider these wonderful projects?
1) The economic cost of delaying PhD conferment
2) Average age of parents of PhD students
3) Number of comorbidities PhD student's family members have
4) The psychological impact of a delay in PhD conferment
Some MSc topics
Average time to take to submit thesis
Average waiting time between thesis submission and defense
Waiting time between defense and PhD conferment
1) The economic cost of delaying PhD conferment
2) Average age of parents of PhD students
3) Number of comorbidities PhD student's family members have
4) The psychological impact of a delay in PhD conferment
Some MSc topics
Average time to take to submit thesis
Average waiting time between thesis submission and defense
Waiting time between defense and PhD conferment
PhD thesis examination-Still going on?????
and on.. and on.
So, when will they finish reading my thesis?
Why cant they send out my thesis to examiners ASAP?
Why was there a 2 month delay between receiving my thesis and actually sending it out to the examiners? The post office was bombed? Give me a good reason.
Why are they telling me that examiners will need 4 months to read and do up my report, when they stated so boldly, black and white-2 months are the maximum?
[I am not suggesting a theory as dramatic as an gravity is an invisible force fulling the apple from the tree!]
When will my defense be?
Will I be able to join this summer's convocations?
So, when will they finish reading my thesis?
Why cant they send out my thesis to examiners ASAP?
Why was there a 2 month delay between receiving my thesis and actually sending it out to the examiners? The post office was bombed? Give me a good reason.
Why are they telling me that examiners will need 4 months to read and do up my report, when they stated so boldly, black and white-2 months are the maximum?
[I am not suggesting a theory as dramatic as an gravity is an invisible force fulling the apple from the tree!]
When will my defense be?
Will I be able to join this summer's convocations?
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Examinations on going
The examinations is on going. Yes, the finally sent me thesis out to the external examiners after letting them sit on the shelves to collect dust and grow mould.
It seems like they will take another 5 months to do up my reports, and then arrange for my defense. While they are going through all that, i have no mood whatsoever to take out my thesis and prepare for my defense will seems to be still so far away...
So, when will I ever get conferred with my PhD?
It seems like they will take another 5 months to do up my reports, and then arrange for my defense. While they are going through all that, i have no mood whatsoever to take out my thesis and prepare for my defense will seems to be still so far away...
So, when will I ever get conferred with my PhD?
Friday, December 29, 2006
Focus on big issues
I posted this last year. Focus on big issues. I must remind myself constantly.
This was written by a woman who was at that time, not able to see any light at the end of the tunnel and struggled with a host of money, health issues and fighting to finish her PhD. I shall never forget that part of my life. Never, ever.
This was written by a woman who was at that time, not able to see any light at the end of the tunnel and struggled with a host of money, health issues and fighting to finish her PhD. I shall never forget that part of my life. Never, ever.
Post thesis submission malady
After 1/2 decade of slogging it out and centering your life on "the thesis", you realise that you are now suddenly defenseless without it (defense is not over yet! They still have not inform me when it will be conducted) .
No. You no longer can no longer say:
No. You no longer can no longer say:
"Sorry. I have to do my thesis"
(Probably the most important sounding phrase I have ever used in my life. Add "phD" in front of thesis if the bugger pester you too much)
"...alright. AFTER I finished that darn dissertation..."
" My thesis is getting me crazy!"
(therefore, leave me alone, and don't ask me to clean up the house!)
"I am concentrating on writing my thesis first...."
(In response to the forever annoying "how many papers have you published?", usually asked my smart aleck first years who will have a taste of their bitter medicine a few years later)
(Probably the most important sounding phrase I have ever used in my life. Add "phD" in front of thesis if the bugger pester you too much)
"...alright. AFTER I finished that darn dissertation..."
" My thesis is getting me crazy!"
(therefore, leave me alone, and don't ask me to clean up the house!)
"I am concentrating on writing my thesis first...."
(In response to the forever annoying "how many papers have you published?", usually asked my smart aleck first years who will have a taste of their bitter medicine a few years later)
I am going through separation anxiety and all. I am enjoying the freedom so much that I don't even feel like writing up the papers.....and yet, I feel so terribly bored!!
Monday, December 25, 2006
Special Christmas
This is the first ever Christmas, which is celebrated as a NON-PHD student!!
The feeling is great. You could eat, sleep, do whatever you want and not feel a single ounce of guilt. I feel so liberated once my PhD thesis was submitted. That was about one month ago.
Now I am sort of like looking forward to my defense/oral examination.
The feeling is great. You could eat, sleep, do whatever you want and not feel a single ounce of guilt. I feel so liberated once my PhD thesis was submitted. That was about one month ago.
Now I am sort of like looking forward to my defense/oral examination.
Monday, May 01, 2006
Post PhD--Whatever will be?
Que sera sera
When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother what would I be?
Would I be pretty, would I be rich?
This’s what she said to me
Que sera sera,
Whatever will be, will be,
The future is not ours to see
Que sera sera.
What will be. will be
The irony of the whole thing was I WAS never really very unsure of what the future would hold for me when I was a little girl. I knew I was not the prettiest species in town. And I don’t think I would be rich- too honest to be ever filthy rich. Now, I am nearer to the completion of of PhD and I get so uncertain, to an extent that I think psychologically, it is slowing my disertation writing process!
I knew that I would be successful, I would be happy. I would have a great job, great life. These things seemed so certain then. What would a hardworking and smart girl get? I was really naïve, but I thought the world owes smart, hardworking and good girls like me at least a good job. I did not expect a good husband or something like that, because you just can’t expect to receive true love, no matter how perfect you are!
These day, I am turning into a little girl. The twist is I am now always asking myself what would I be? Despite just chapters away from a PhD, and adding a Dr before my name, I am feeling terribly uncertain. All the plans that I make, no matter how meticulous, always seem to fall through whenever arthritis hits, and the fibromyalgia symptoms trail closely behind.
Just when I seem to obtain all that honest hard work can seem to bring – the ultimate of all degrees – a doctorate, I can’t seem to see a future. I can’t find the picture of me waking up, putting on a nice dress suit and go to work EVERY morning, and work for 10 hours EVERY day. Isn’t this an irony? Instead of looking for high paying, high responsibility, challenging jobs, my eyes are drawn to the part-time job columns, which offers “attractive hourly rates” that “meets minimum wages requirements”!!!
Whatever will be will be. I just got to carve something out of nothing for myself. The future is not for our to see, que sera sera. What will be will be.
When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother what would I be?
Would I be pretty, would I be rich?
This’s what she said to me
Que sera sera,
Whatever will be, will be,
The future is not ours to see
Que sera sera.
What will be. will be
The irony of the whole thing was I WAS never really very unsure of what the future would hold for me when I was a little girl. I knew I was not the prettiest species in town. And I don’t think I would be rich- too honest to be ever filthy rich. Now, I am nearer to the completion of of PhD and I get so uncertain, to an extent that I think psychologically, it is slowing my disertation writing process!
I knew that I would be successful, I would be happy. I would have a great job, great life. These things seemed so certain then. What would a hardworking and smart girl get? I was really naïve, but I thought the world owes smart, hardworking and good girls like me at least a good job. I did not expect a good husband or something like that, because you just can’t expect to receive true love, no matter how perfect you are!
These day, I am turning into a little girl. The twist is I am now always asking myself what would I be? Despite just chapters away from a PhD, and adding a Dr before my name, I am feeling terribly uncertain. All the plans that I make, no matter how meticulous, always seem to fall through whenever arthritis hits, and the fibromyalgia symptoms trail closely behind.
Just when I seem to obtain all that honest hard work can seem to bring – the ultimate of all degrees – a doctorate, I can’t seem to see a future. I can’t find the picture of me waking up, putting on a nice dress suit and go to work EVERY morning, and work for 10 hours EVERY day. Isn’t this an irony? Instead of looking for high paying, high responsibility, challenging jobs, my eyes are drawn to the part-time job columns, which offers “attractive hourly rates” that “meets minimum wages requirements”!!!
Whatever will be will be. I just got to carve something out of nothing for myself. The future is not for our to see, que sera sera. What will be will be.
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