tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post1242455067941476132..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Formative (6): dissertation Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-65384443766456948892014-04-28T09:44:14.258-05:002014-04-28T09:44:14.258-05:00***I think the just get it done, nobody will read ...***I think the just get it done, nobody will read it cant about dissertations is more of the self serving academic non advice I have my blog to rail against.<br /><br />Why they say this: because they need to drive their stats up. The more dissertations that person directs, the faster, the more degrees the department produces, the better.<br /><br />This is also why they are now promoting those Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-28376350467815405222014-04-27T00:23:54.891-05:002014-04-27T00:23:54.891-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Sheraz Khan Balochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02684140462824482751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-40764456359790059442014-04-26T17:04:48.046-05:002014-04-26T17:04:48.046-05:00Well, I certainly did not want to publish it or ev...Well, I certainly did not want to publish it or even publish very much of it, because it was not something I was willing to go public with, or sign my name to except for bureaucratic purposes within a university ... it was *far* too thin and I am not being a perfectionist saying this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-79759485884547184312014-04-26T14:57:28.516-05:002014-04-26T14:57:28.516-05:00That bad idea was afloat when I was a grad student...That bad idea was afloat when I was a grad student in computer science. "Nobody remembers what X wrote in her dissertation," people would say of a distinguished professor. But I'm pretty sure that at the time she wrote that dissertation, she was deeply engaged in those questions -- the remarks ought to have been rephrased as "There's somebody who kept on growing for a long Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-18792087606853718642014-04-26T13:46:19.629-05:002014-04-26T13:46:19.629-05:00I think your experience confirms my point. The id...I think your experience confirms my point. The idea that it doesn't matter what you dissertation says is really a bad idea. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-47243041545583161412014-04-26T13:02:29.846-05:002014-04-26T13:02:29.846-05:00Gosh, if dissertation forms scholar then that is m...Gosh, if dissertation forms scholar then that is my problem. Writing mine worried me because it felt as though I were writing one of the research reports I wrote in 6th grade. These were very advanced for 6th grade but not dissertations.<br /><br />Why it was like that: I was in Brazil without the right libraries, for one; but mainly, because everyone said it did not matter what the dissertation Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-84567093891323539162014-04-25T18:57:01.440-05:002014-04-25T18:57:01.440-05:00Well, let's say, it would never have occurred ...Well, let's say, it would never have occurred to me to consider Firbank and religion in the same light before.Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-66335937899385819322014-04-25T18:01:12.318-05:002014-04-25T18:01:12.318-05:00No, partly because I am simply saying what my expe...No, partly because I am simply saying what my experience is and was. I'm the biggest expert on that, after all. I don't expect a lot of comments, but then I don't always get a huge amount anyway, and can never predict what posts will get comments. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-6084493120613355172014-04-25T17:37:46.501-05:002014-04-25T17:37:46.501-05:00I'm enjoying this series. There's somethin...I'm enjoying this series. There's something about it, though, that doesn't invite or anticipate a response. I think I could even explain why, but again you don't seem to be asking....Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.com