Amen and all best wishes!
On 24/03/12 22:33, Bill, Amanda wrote:
> I'm with you, Teena. I'd happily do a PhD all over again! Enjoy these
> final weeks of enlightenment and I hope the drudgery never returns.
>
> Amanda
>
> On 25/03/12 9:57 AM, "teena clerke" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am delighted to see the positive responses to my provocation.
>>
>> Speaking as a doctoral candidate 4 weeks away from submission, while
>> the PhD has been intense, confusing, enlightening, humbling,
>> frustrating, exciting and many other things besides, it has never,
>> ever, not once, felt like drudgery.
>>
>> On the other hand, professional design practice, teaching, academic
>> life in general, as well as family life have all, at times, felt like
>> drudgery.
>>
>> My hope is that life after the PhD continues to not feel like
>> drudgery. Happy studying for those in the middle!
>>
>> cheers, teena
>>
>>
>> On 24/03/2012, at 9:06 AM, Mark Evans wrote:
>>
>>> Teena
>>>
>>> Speaking as a supervisor and examiner, PhDs pose a significant
>>> intellectual challenge and it¹s quite possible that the lack of
>>> rigour and discipline experienced during an illustrious career
>>> outside of academia has failed to equip the candidate with the
>>> skills and knowledge required to undertake robust research. Or
>>> maybe they just picked a topic that failed to inspire them.
>>>
>>> Dr Mark Evans
>>> Loughborough Design School
>>>
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