So I finally received feedback on my dissertation, intro chapter and all the empirical chapters. We had a lab meeting today, after hearing about one student's R&R (in academia that stands for revise & resubmit, not rest & relaxation) issues for over an hour we finally moved on to other students. I got my feedback in the form of chicken scratch on hard copies of my chapters. Nothing too helpful or precise, just tighten, clarify, and make the rationale clear at the outset. Doesn't sound too difficult, does it? Well you'd be surprised. It's hard to come up with a rationale when your advisor has told you take out everything that could give your dissertation some greater purpose. So I'm thinking of a dissertation coach for the next few months but don't know how helpful it will be for the money it will cost. Yelp should have reviews for dissertation coaches…and yes, I've checked and no, they don't. So, what to do what to do?
These meetings are so mentally and emotionally draining, I feel like all I need is a nap afterward. It doesn't help that I usually have breakfast at 8am and by the time the meeting ends it's past noon so I don't get to eat lunch until around 1pm. The meetings start late and end late and it's usually just one or two people or monopolize the meetings. Time would be better spent if we only half of us talked about our problems each week or a brief overview of the problem was presented, we discussed, and the details were hashed out between advisor and student after the meeting. Ever since I finished my coursework I just can't focus on things for longer than 30min.
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