Not that it has any bearing on any of you, but my dad defended his dissertation today, and in a few weeks he will receive his degree. He's been working on it forever, and finally finished!
Not that it has any bearing on any of you, but my dad defended his dissertation today, and in a few weeks he will receive his degree. He's been working on it forever, and finally finished!
Yay for Dr. Dad!
I just did that in April, and so believe me when I offer my most sincere congratulations to him.
The field is educational psychology. I've read the title of the dissertation several times and can't remember it. It's way above me. Something about statistical modeling based on survey results, or maybe on designing survey(type things) to get useful results. I'm really not sure. He is currently the director of institutional research at a community college right now (applying for the academic dean job right now, actually), and that's the sort of thing he does: analyze survey results and stuff. Anyway, I'm more of a humanities guy, myself
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Originally posted by midwinter
I neglected to ask...have you broken the news to him that they won't let him get any degrees after this one?
Yeah, I don't know what he's going to do now. He's been in school pretty much his whole life. I guess he'll just have to settle for working at a college now.
Shoot there's always medical school. I've also heard of people getting multiple PhDs. Every PhD I talk to thinks that's a ridiculous waste of time.
I always like hearing about people that took "forever" to finish. I bet everyone that's completed a PhD felt at some point that it would take forever. My current boss is looking to go back and finish up his PhD. It will be interesting when he does.
congratulations. my wife defended her dissertation last may, and officially received the diploma from univ. or toronto in november. came with a lot of blood sweat and tears, and i was there to witness all of it.
Egads! No mega-coporation in America will be able to resist a man with a dissertation like that. They don't have to understand it, just read it and know that it is impressive sounding. That's what corporations like.
****ING HILARIOUS! I see your father had the exact same problem I had with ShitPoint. You can't recolor the equations to white font. So you have to put a box behind it. PowerPoint ****ing sucks.
First it's [whatever his phd is in]. Then, before you know it, he's got a machine in his basement to transmit matter from one point to another AND THEN A FLY GETS INVOLVED!
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I thought about trying to get a PhD in Bass, but I figure it'd probably be way too much work
Originally posted by SledgeHammer
Not that it has any bearing on any of you, but my dad defended his dissertation today, and in a few weeks he will receive his degree. He's been working on it forever, and finally finished!
Yay for Dr. Dad!
I just did that in April, and so believe me when I offer my most sincere congratulations to him.
Cheers
Scott
Originally posted by Church of Kickaha
Naw, he just needs to switch fields...
SHUT UP!!! My wife hits me every time I suggest I get an advanced degree in History!
Originally posted by midwinter
I neglected to ask...have you broken the news to him that they won't let him get any degrees after this one?
Yeah, I don't know what he's going to do now. He's been in school pretty much his whole life. I guess he'll just have to settle for working at a college now.
Originally posted by midwinter
I neglected to ask...have you broken the news to him that they won't let him get any degrees after this one?
Hey he could do a post doc.
I always like hearing about people that took "forever" to finish. I bet everyone that's completed a PhD felt at some point that it would take forever. My current boss is looking to go back and finish up his PhD. It will be interesting when he does.
again, congrats.
This is the first slide of the PPT that he used for his presentation.
If you're really interested, you can click the picture to go get the .ppt file from my public folder.
Get the .ppt here
Really, congrats to your dad.
First it's [whatever his phd is in]. Then, before you know it, he's got a machine in his basement to transmit matter from one point to another AND THEN A FLY GETS INVOLVED!
Yours in vigilence,
Aries 1B
Originally posted by Scott
His father fit data to a model. That aint no quantum transporter.
Yet.
Before you know it, Godzilla will be lowering property values in his neighborhood.
Stay alert. Look for a strange glow in the sky.
Aries 1B
Cheers
Scott