Friday, 14 November 2008
target audience
I have been wondering whether PhD students are ideal supervisors for undergraduate dissertations because of our engagement at the metaphorical coal face of research. But then I realised that this may put limits on our patience. With the thought of an 80000 word dissertation hanging over us, and the necessity of finding motivation to work and keep on working day in day out without any immediate sense of reward or achievement, it's hard to feel entirely sympathetic with an undergraduate who thinks that research for a 7500 piece is 'too hard'.
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Academics should all be at the coal face of research, so it shouldn't matter.
If you're losing patience, just ask this: was it ever easy to write even 7500 worthwhile words? ;0)
Good continuation in your studies!
ED...
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