# Viva in two hours - I'm so nervous **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2003, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viva-in-two-hours-im-so-nervous/213673 "2003-11-17T11:31:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sir\_Doris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Sir\_Doris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Doris)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viva-in-two-hours-im-so-nervous/213673/21 "2003-11-17T13:26:25Z")
But would you want to write a measurement theory tutorial for the math phobic? I’m stuck after some"what scale type is this" questions. I’ll just have to go wind up my PhD student, for laughs. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viva-in-two-hours-im-so-nervous/213673/22 "2003-11-17T13:28:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sir Doris \* > \*\*But would you want to write a measurement theory tutorial for the math phobic? I’m stuck after some"what scale type is this" questions. \*\* Pass. I’ll stick to teaching physics 😃 > [@](#): > > \*\*I’ll just have to go wind up my PhD student, for laughs. \*\* That’s just evil. If I hadn’t met you, I would have sworn that you were _my_ supervisor. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Doris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Sir\_Doris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Doris)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viva-in-two-hours-im-so-nervous/213673/23 "2003-11-17T13:43:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > \*\*That’s just evil. \*\* Everyone says that, but once they meet him they want to join in. Twenty minutes to go! anyway: [this is you, this is](http://www.stuco.demon.co.uk/mrs.html) ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viva-in-two-hours-im-so-nervous/213673/24 "2003-11-17T16:08:21Z")
_sits in corner and rocks_ I’ve just had two hours of my viva. I have to go back to part two at 5pm. Aaaarrrrggh!!! ---
**Author:** ![SentientMeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viva-in-two-hours-im-so-nervous/213673/25 "2003-11-17T16:31:27Z")
_What?_ That’s uncommon even for proper submitted PhD vivas. But you can stop rocking, **Ang**. The reason will **not** concern you or your competence, it will almost certainly be a disagreement between your supervisor and the other(s) about the way forwards. I think one or other of the parties is being a monumental penis in bringing _you_ back into their argument, since it so obviously brings unecessary pressure to bear on the student. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viva-in-two-hours-im-so-nervous/213673/26 "2003-11-17T16:35:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SentientMeat \* > **_What?_ That’s uncommon even for proper submitted PhD vivas.** I know. My officemates are calling it “Viva II: The Revenge of Viva” > [@](#): > > \*\*But you can stop rocking, **Ang**. The reason will **not** concern you or your competence, it will almost certainly be a disagreement between your supervisor and the other(s) about the way forwards. \*\* I think the fact that we only got halfway through my thesis has something to do with it as well, and that my “external” has to go and give a lecture from 4-5, otherwise we would have carried on. Mind you, that said, my office mates were shocked that it had gone on for this long… ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viva-in-two-hours-im-so-nervous/213673/27 "2003-11-17T17:30:35Z")
I’m sure you’ll do well, after all you are a goddess. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viva-in-two-hours-im-so-nervous/213673/28 "2003-11-17T18:29:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by VenusProbe \* > \*\*I’m sure you’ll do well, after all you are a goddess. 😉 \*\* 😉 Yeah, I passed! Hurrah! A few minor comments from my supervisor, but my “external” (i.e. examiner from outside the group) was really impressed. He said that I’d done really well, and that I’d best leave the room whilst they were writing the report, else I’d probably blush. 😃 😃 😃 Right, I’m going home now for some well earned R&R 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viva-in-two-hours-im-so-nervous/213673/29 "2003-11-19T20:25:47Z")
a couple days late but, **Congrats!** 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viva-in-two-hours-im-so-nervous/213673.md?page=1)