Comments on: Oh academia, how I hate thee

By: Stinky

Stinky — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:40:15 +0000

My MS experience was, meh, OK. The PhD sucked, I tired of it quickly, and I finally just never returned. And it felt great. I should have just bypassed academia and became a smuggler. That would be much more fun.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:22:23 +0000

@Amy: HUGS to you. I graduated earlier in May, so yeah my experience ended happily. Now I just miss my classmates. Good luck to you

@Professor Capitano: I googled autoethnography. I like it. I’ll look at the other authors, and I’ll keep autoethnography in mind for my PhD. Thank you!

By: Melissa Capitano

Melissa Capitano — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:06:01 +0000

Hey Monica, check out ethnographic research (if you haven’t already) or autoethnography. I know it is too late now, but maybe when you get into your Ph.D. program. It is most often used in Communication and Sociology, but it could work in other fields. My professor at UNCG was highly published in the field. He wrote first person stories – H.L. Goodall. Also check out Carolyn Ellis; she is an amazingly honest academic writer. Nick Trujillo is another name you could look at.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:38:32 +0000

Thanks for this post. I think I needed to read about someone else feeling as crappy as I do. Seriously, my law school thesis is already two months late, and I told the teacher it would be in YESTERDAY, but yet AGAIN I have failed to turn it in on time. Because I’m running on empty! (I’ve been running on 3 hours of sleep per night for the last month, I don’t speak to friends, and the idea of checking my email right now makes me want to throw up… since I know the professor is going to have sent me an email wondering what the hell is wrong with me and my paper, and the deadline, yet again.)

In other words, your opening lines for this post were exactly and entirely true. AND the rest of your post. I hope your graduate school experience ends happily?