#dissertation woes

[sijuikabisa]

my advisor lucky hes not within strangling distance

[latinthusiast]

me, talking about my dissertation

[caffeinatedmuggle]

so apparently there’s an actual word for ‘fear of teenagers’ (ephebiphobia) and honestly i feel like mcr missed an opportunity to teach us all something via song title

[latinthusiast]

the problem is that every day i'm writing, i'm staring down a new rabbit hole and thinking 'it's 10pm and i have to get up at 6 to teach i cannot possibly do this tonight'

[latinthusiast]

when my dissertation is done will i be able to read epic poetry for funsies or what

[latinthusiast]

you know that thing when you’re trying to write an analytical paper (cough cough dissertation) and you read an article that inspires your next draft? yeah i slowly worked my way through like 125 pages of scholarship the past couple days and i think i’m ready to frame my chapter 3 so that’s exciting

[vicariousvalerie]

New response for when people ask how my dissertation is going: "Truly I am discovering that all I learn by writing badly is how to write badly." - Philip Sidney

[caffeinatedmuggle]

I finally got my grade for my MA dissertation back and I did really well I’m super excited but also shocked. I honestly didn’t think I’d do as well as I did. I thought for sure that at best I’d score a full 4 points lower than I actually managed to score!! I’m so relieved