Why? Because I am now officially done with grad school!!!
I’ll just be over on the couch alternating between catching up on 2 years of lost sleep, watching DVD’s, and using my Playstation while I take a much deserved break from constant mental focus.
Congrats!
Three more semesters for me - and I’m still waiting for one of my grades from this semester to be posted.
I’m jealous, really. (This coming from someone who’s done nothing of any import since, oh, December 6th.)
I, too, am happy to say that I’m done with grad school. Effective this Saturday (or several weeks ago when I defended, however you count it), I am now…
Pantellerite, Ph.D.
So between the end of that, and being between semesters of my paying professoring job (I said I was done with grad school–I didn’t say I’d left school), I find myself with plenty of time. I’d also be on the PS2, but it’s wrapped under the tree for The Kid and I’m not allowed to touch it. So I’m dusting off an old Pentium and trying to network the house. That, and goof-off on-line. (Somebody please remind me that I have to give a final at 3:30!)
Again, congrats to Mullinator and every one else done with grad school!
The last semester really could not have felt like it moved slower. It wasn’t helped by the fact that I had to take an undergrad class to fulfill an requirement. I can’t believe the difference in style between the two settings. Constant homework, the way the students act, the way the teacher acts. I had not realized how much more “adult” (for lack of a better word) grad school was.
Way to go! Let me know what open spaces and green, grassy fields feel like - I’ll be sitting here in my 4 foot by 4 foot cubicle trying to stave off the grand mal seizures likely to result from my incessantly flickering fluorescent light.
(Oh, if no one hears from me for a couple weeks, it’s because I’m trapped under a pile of Derrida and Bakhtin texts. Send a St. Bernard with ramen noodles and coffee ASAP.)