Oh dear lord.....they want me to pay tuition to defend this thing?! And now I'm an out of state student (because I wasn't smart enough to keep an in-state PO Box) and it costs a gazillion dollars to put myself through that grueling defense. And, there's the possibility that if I get pushed back past the last date to get on the graduation list I'll have to pay for a second semester. Joy. I guess I really didn't take into account how lucky I was to get my tuition paid for since I graduated college and I obviously have no sense of how much it costs to get educated these days.
But here's the thing. None of those real housewives have a PhD do they? And they make WAY more money than I ever will.....so whose idea was it to start down this path of insecurity, late nights, and constant self doubt? Certainly not mine. Why would I choose to put myself through all of this? Someone should really council innocent doctoral students on the errors of their ways when start applying for advanced degrees. I certainly will. Maybe not.....you probably forget all the bad parts once it's all over. Or, more likely, it's a big inside joke and everyone wants to see how many other dummies will submit themselves to the hell that is dissertation writing. Yup, I'm pretty sure that's it.
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