The dissertation motivator

The_One_Who

The_Intellectual wrote: »

I don't come here to be obnoxious or anything

Really? Because that post was rather.

ali-t

The_Intellectual wrote: »

I don't come here to be obnoxious or anything, I just thought I might use my experience to give some useful advice and encouragement to some people who may be struggling. Personally I feel if I can do well in my paper, anyone else can if they have the right information.

It was a lighthearted comment NOT an obnoxious dig unlike your own.

If I was being horrible I would have said - are you sure you even went to school, never mind further or higher education you ******

Just as well I have a canny disposition and no chip on my shoulder unlike some 7 posts in and you are already being rude to people - good start!

The_Intellectual

ali-t wrote: »

It was a lighthearted comment NOT an obnoxious dig unlike your own.

If I was being horrible I would have said - are you sure you even went to school, never mind further or higher education you ******

Just as well I have a canny disposition and no chip on my shoulder unlike some 7 posts in and you are already being rude to people - good start!

I have been told that I can't take a joke and that I am sometimes too serious. Perhaps that is the reason I reacted the way I did as I did not realise your comments were lighthearted. The truth is I don't like to pick a fight either so I apologise for my behaviour.

ali-t

No worries, 8 posts in and you are part of the family. Welcome!

The_Intellectual

ali-t wrote: »

No worries, 8 posts in and you are part of the family. Welcome!

Thank you kindly.

penguinwaddles

Ooh I could probably do with following this thread I've just started the CPE/GDL and have a dissertation to write its not due into Spring and we've had no guidance yet except that its 6,000 words which I know is minature but doesn't seem it now, so I just need to start with picking a legal area.....right time to sort through that unused email account!

Observer

Hi everyone,

As its been nearly a month since the last post I thought I would ask how everyone is doing?

I have been trying to get on with mine today but going on the amount I've written Ive done about 50 words an hour. This post will be about the same in 2 minutes flat! Oops!! The internet is a big distraction - and I am even looking at relevant stuff. I just seem to keep finding more useful documents and not writing anything about them!

Well I hope everyone else is getting on ok, just remember why you are doing it in the first place, and don't forget the odd 10 minute break for a cuppa (117 words lol)

ali-t

If the amount of crap I wrote on here counted towards my word limit I would be laughing but have had a study day today and spent all day browsing the web doing very little towards my studying - bad bad kitty!

scottishblondie

Observer wrote: »

Hi everyone,

As its been nearly a month since the last post I thought I would ask how everyone is doing?

I have been trying to get on with mine today but going on the amount I've written Ive done about 50 words an hour. This post will be about the same in 2 minutes flat! Oops!! The internet is a big distraction - and I am even looking at relevant stuff. I just seem to keep finding more useful documents and not writing anything about them!

Well I hope everyone else is getting on ok, just remember why you are doing it in the first place, and don't forget the odd 10 minute break for a cuppa (117 words lol)

Glad I'm not the only one going through that - not got many words out this week, but I have spent a lot of time reading more papers (must stop that) and rearranging and formatting my thesis :rotfl:

However, I did feel a bit proud when I'd done all that cos as it currently stands I have 180 pages!! :eek: That does include appendices, but they're all papers that I've written over the last 3 years (rather than reams of questionnaires/diagrams/etc - they'll be along in a couple of months).

Hope everyone else is doing well.

angelofmel

ergh. can i fast foward to may now please??!

has anyone got any tips for staying awake? at the moment i fall sleep before even finishing a chapter of anything i read. its driving me mad as i have a mountain of reading to do for my modules at the moment let alone the dissertation! its so stupid how tired uni and this work is making me....i worked 5 day weeks all summer with an additional 2 hour comute each day and wasnt anywhere near as tired as this!!