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Big Day For Me
It's finished.
I just put the final touches on my Master's Thesis, "OUR ORWELL, RIGHT OR LEFT: How a mixed reception history, changing political climate, and selective blindness have allowed a writer to become Patron Saint of both ends of the partisan debate." I am very proud of the paper, but, needless to say, I am a little nervous - assuming it passes through my advisors, it now goes into peer review. If it is accepted, it is published by Trinity College. If it isn't, I don't graduate this May. I am pretty sure I will graduate, but I am going to hold off opening the champagne until I hear back from my advisor...
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04-25-2007, 08:52 AM
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Congrats!
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04-25-2007, 09:13 AM
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19 years and 17k posts...
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Congratulations!
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04-25-2007, 09:16 AM
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Congrats. Sounds like an interesting paper. Please direct us to where it is published (when it is published).
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04-25-2007, 09:26 AM
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Well, it would be published by the College, so it would really only be available through interlibrary loan. If it is accepted, however, I am considering sending it to scholarly journals and academic publishing firms.
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04-25-2007, 09:45 AM
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Congrats!!!
Ahhh advisers.. Made my life a living hell for a while!!! Then peer review. To me that was easier, when you know the subject the questions are actually fun to answer and it sounds like you have put much into it. Cheers!!
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04-25-2007, 09:47 AM
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Congrats!
Do you have to do thesis defense? Always fun. I'm sure you'll do fine in any case. If it gets published, post it up!
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04-25-2007, 09:53 AM
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Fantastic. You have every right to be proud.
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04-25-2007, 10:00 AM
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Good Job Dude! Interesting title and topic. Sounds like a good article topic for the Atlantic or the New Yorker!
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04-25-2007, 10:23 AM
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Way to go, that is a difficult task. Double congrats on the Sox beating up on the Yanks.
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04-25-2007, 11:07 AM
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Yes - congrats. I remember it as great and also sad when I finished my graduate school thesis. It meant the end of a road in some respects.
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04-25-2007, 11:13 AM
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Jeff, I don't think I'll have to do a defense. I can't imagine the school trying to fit that in between now and when I get my degree (May 20th).
Thanks for the kind words from everyone else. Yes, dd74, it is a little sad in a way; then again, I am already looking at PhD programs...
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04-25-2007, 11:15 AM
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You didn't have any quotes from fastpaste in there did you?
I'm sure it will be accepted and all will be well in the world. Congrats 
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04-25-2007, 11:28 AM
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Re: Big Day For Me
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Lucky dog, good luck man.
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04-25-2007, 11:33 AM
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Congratulations! Sounds quite interesting.
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04-25-2007, 08:07 PM
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It's possible, but I've never heard it. At least around here, it seems like everyone is looking for a good University-qualified lit teacher. Actually, pretty much everyone I knew who studied English in college and grad school was interested in elementary and HS ed.
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