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Omg- I'm A Phd Candidate!

Mtndog

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AndreaB Contributor
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Congratulations!!!!! I'm Jen, new here, and about to take my second qualifying exam anthropology in October [bites nails] and defend in December [bites nails harder]. It's a tremendous accomplishment to pass without revisions; amazing, in fact. Good job.

Welcome Jen! :D

Please keep us posted on your defense when it comes round.

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Susie- Since my area is literacy and the dingos ARE so smart maybe my dissertaion can be about teaching them to read :P

Well guess what Dr. Smarty-Smart ;) ......Tika (aka Stinker) has already in fact WRITTEN two books (with her nanny) - the first, wildly popular "Tika's Day Out" and then long-awaited followup "On The Road With Stinker." Yes, both presented to me on my birthday, and I cried at each one. So she actually already knows how to read.

Annie.....try as you may but she's just never going to be a reader. Her looks and charm seem to get her by and she's never really felt the need to improve her mind.

:P

Tell us - well me, because I don't know - what the "defense" procedure consists of. Sounds heinous!

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Lymetoo
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Cool!! :D

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Well guess what Dr. Smarty-Smart ;) ......Tika (aka Stinker) has already in fact WRITTEN two books (with her nanny) - the first, wildly popular "Tika's Day Out" and then long-awaited followup "On The Road With Stinker." Yes, both presented to me on my birthday, and I cried at each one. So she actually already knows how to read.

Annie.....try as you may but she's just never going to be a reader. Her looks and charm seem to get her by and she's never really felt the need to improve her mind.

:P

Tell us - well me, because I don't know - what the "defense" procedure consists of. Sounds heinous!

thanks everyone- You guys are so good to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome Jen- definitely let us know when yours comes around. Yikes!!!!!!!!! I was so FREAKED out.

Uhm... defending just means you go in and they "challenge" you by asking you questions about your answers- they either ask for clarification or "How would blah blah theory apply in this situation?" It CAN BE really scary because a lot of times your committe has persons of academia with big fat EGOS (I booted a guy who I renamed "Smarm-sart" from my committee because he was so damn smarmy).

I was lucky in that I had a committee (3 people) who wouold challenge me for the RIGHT reasons, not because they were out to prove how smart they are. I was really lucky- my committe is 3 very down-to-earrth people. And they did ask me questions, but important ones.

Oh yeah- then after you defend, they ask you to step out of the room so they can make their final decision. That is the longest wait of all. Ugh!

I want to read Stinker's books. Who is her nanny/co-author???????

jenvan Collaborator
jenvan
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Congrats--that's amazing!

tiredofdoctors Enthusiast
tiredofdoctors
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"Dr. Smarty-Smart" . . . . for some reason, that strikes me as hysterically funny! Bev, I am so happy for you . . . now get out of your in-laws place, so I can come up to be a labor coach -- PhD or not! This staying home being a gimp business is for the birds . . . I need a PROJECT!!!

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