Amount of work for doctoral-level classes

Just as Patton did in WWII, I am also fighting the battle of the bulge and I refuse to give in. The ever expanding universe isn't the only thing around here that's still expanding. ROFLMBO

 

I counsel people full-time in a substance abuse clinic. I can sometimes get some academic work done there if clients don't show up for apointments or cancel at the last minute. I don't want to look disappointed when they show up though, ha, ha, but it's sometimes very nice to have that free hour to study.

 

Re: And then there's the obvious

You'd be a straight A student.

Now we know why you're not.

Just kidding.

 

Hang in there Me Again. When you are starting it feels as if you will never get done and it occupies a lot of time. Even when you are not working on the doctorate you think about it. In the end tenacity wins out and you finish. Feels great to be Phinished and a little like when you stop beating your head against a wall.

Yeah the a papers get old and as someone said :Wait till you get to the dissertation".

It is worth it though (at least for me). Opened some doors and gave me a great feeling of accomplishment that comes with meeting a goal you spent three years of full time study (plus work achieving). For me I was separated when I pursued the degree and I do not know if I could have spent as much time on it had I not been (we later got back together and all is well).

Good luck and stick to it.

North

 

I don't want to scare you, me again, but consider that while you're writing you may bump up against a question that first starts with reading one paper in a journal, gets you thinking the sky is falling because you read something that throws you for a loop, and ends up with having to read 100 in the same area, just to be sure, even though it's only a side-path, with maybe 4 of those ending up in your references section. And as far as I know (not sure yet!) the 96 you end up not having cited -- are the ones the committee will be asking why you didn't read (so you have to keep them in your head at least until after that point).

This happened to me more than once -- it's a real time sink and brain bruiser. There's nothing quite like reading something that seems to throw a premise for a loop, and then 100 papers later finding out, as long as you address certain possible objects, you'll maybe be OK.

What I'm getting at is that the reading don't stop just because you'll be writing. Make sure your eyes are healthy. Invest in a coffee maker that won't fail you in your time of need.