Independence Day
So, I actually had a really good 4th of July.
I'd debated doing a variety of things, including getting a bunch of people together for watermellon and/or a cookout, going to the beach (but there's not one nearer than 3 hrs away), and walking around singing patriotic songs and throwing tea at British people. Well, I didn't consider that last for very long.
What I ended up doing was working on my dissertation in the morning and talking to friends in the afternoon (Andy, Pete, Gail AND Rebecca), then going out with Tanja to watch the Italy-Germany match in a pub. A very exciting match. And then I came home and fell into bed. And slept. As you do.
In other news, I'm starting to get frustrated with my supervisor. I met with him two weeks ago, when he told me that he's taking a vacation starting 10 July, so he'd like to wrap up with me before then. This was the first I'd heard of that. So I worked really hard and gave him some material in less than a week. I sent it off last Tuesday. And I ran into him last Thursday and he said that he'd got the stuff and he'd meet with me sometime this week. No more news. This means it's taking him longer to read it than it took me to write it. And in the mean time, what am I supposed to do? It's not likely that he'll be able to meet with me again before he goes away... and I could try to meet with another faculty member, but I don't want to schedule with anyone else until I know when he'll want to meet... After a couple of days of doing possibly excessive research and of twiddling my thumbs, I just decided to get on with it. There were a couple of decisions that I could really have used some feedback on while making, but I just went ahead and made them and I'm essentially carrying on writing. But it is quite frustrating, because if he's not going to be involved in this process, I wish he'd just tell me so I can get on with it instead of saying one thing and doing another. Although it may be that this is what he thinks a supervisor/supervisee relationship is supposed to be like. In any case, it makes me glad that I'm going back to America for my PhD dissertation where I'll have, with any luck, more of a network to work within -- writing groups, a committee instead of just one person, and a better understanding of the system.
Whoops, was that a rant? I'd meant to just come on and say how happy I am, but it looks like it's less straightforward than that. I guess I'll go spend some of this apparent verbosity on my actual dissertation.
I'd debated doing a variety of things, including getting a bunch of people together for watermellon and/or a cookout, going to the beach (but there's not one nearer than 3 hrs away), and walking around singing patriotic songs and throwing tea at British people. Well, I didn't consider that last for very long.
What I ended up doing was working on my dissertation in the morning and talking to friends in the afternoon (Andy, Pete, Gail AND Rebecca), then going out with Tanja to watch the Italy-Germany match in a pub. A very exciting match. And then I came home and fell into bed. And slept. As you do.
In other news, I'm starting to get frustrated with my supervisor. I met with him two weeks ago, when he told me that he's taking a vacation starting 10 July, so he'd like to wrap up with me before then. This was the first I'd heard of that. So I worked really hard and gave him some material in less than a week. I sent it off last Tuesday. And I ran into him last Thursday and he said that he'd got the stuff and he'd meet with me sometime this week. No more news. This means it's taking him longer to read it than it took me to write it. And in the mean time, what am I supposed to do? It's not likely that he'll be able to meet with me again before he goes away... and I could try to meet with another faculty member, but I don't want to schedule with anyone else until I know when he'll want to meet... After a couple of days of doing possibly excessive research and of twiddling my thumbs, I just decided to get on with it. There were a couple of decisions that I could really have used some feedback on while making, but I just went ahead and made them and I'm essentially carrying on writing. But it is quite frustrating, because if he's not going to be involved in this process, I wish he'd just tell me so I can get on with it instead of saying one thing and doing another. Although it may be that this is what he thinks a supervisor/supervisee relationship is supposed to be like. In any case, it makes me glad that I'm going back to America for my PhD dissertation where I'll have, with any luck, more of a network to work within -- writing groups, a committee instead of just one person, and a better understanding of the system.
Whoops, was that a rant? I'd meant to just come on and say how happy I am, but it looks like it's less straightforward than that. I guess I'll go spend some of this apparent verbosity on my actual dissertation.
posted by L @ 10:10 AM
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