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Disseration News …
Well, the hard copies of my dissertation have been submitted to the examination office at Stellenbosch. Yesterday, I sent several DVDs that will accompany the dissertation that should arrive within the next week or so. Hopefully, my defense will be scheduled for some time early next year. So, I guess that means I’m either a…
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Dissertation Update …
For those of you who care … and even for those who don’t, I sent off my major chapters today. Going to start on the Intro and Conclusion while the major chapters are being commented on. And well, I guess that’s something … 😛
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Dissertation Progress and …
a few other family matters have filled my time this week. I just finished up edits of Chapter 4 and Chapter 5. Now, I’ll be writing the intro and conclusion while those are under review probably for a bit more editing. We had a “snow day” Friday, which for us means everything shuts down because…
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Consign it to Sheol! And, I was Almost Done
Thanks to Ben Byerly for his post and links on more reasons not to do a PhD. Of course I’m trying to be a little bit funny, but more often than not some of us academics only laugh to keep from crying. I will be feeling and have felt this pinch already. My wife and…