Dissertation Hell - End In Sight

Christ, I never thought a two year part-time MA would take up so much of my brain space. Granted, due it being part-time, the workload wasn't quite as intense as it could have been. However, only being in four hours a week makes you feel really detached from the whole ordeal yet knowing it's importance makes it always sit in that awkward place in your brain that every so often nags you with pangs of guilt. Anyway, after procrastinating over the piece of coursework that I've had the least amount of enthusiasm and drive over EVER in 22 years of education, it's nearly bastarding done. Word limit 10,000 words, current count 10,050. I feel like I've just got to the crest of a big feck off hill and now all that's left to do is reach the precipice of the downhill spinathon (the binding and hand in). It is no way a good dissertation, seeing as I lost all will to do it months ago due to a loss of respect for the industry and a prospective career change, but all I want to do is pass, I retired to the idea of a distinction long ago.

Like I said, I was never a model student throughout these last two years and most of the time did anything I could not to be doing coursework or reading. But, it's always been in my mind, and hopefully now I can start to enjoy some mental freedom.

I'm sure there are others here in the same or similar boat.

Yeah mine's totally de motivated me about everything

+1

subjects?

MA Managing Archaeological Sites

Not going for the big bucks then Stevo! Won't you earn more with a JCB licence?

Christ, yeah, twice as much! But you have to be a c*nt to do that, one of the 360 drivers we have at the minute is a real miserable bastard, he has 'Dangerous Brian' painted on the side of his digger!

There are no big bucks in archaeology, as anyone who's heard me moan on about it will already know.

Find a pot of gold?

HA!

Two questions asked of archaeologists by the general public whilst on excavation:

Q.1. Find any gold/treasure?
Q.2. Find any bodies?

A. No.

#Waves hand#

I've dug up bodies and swords. Admittedly not in the UK, where it was mostly fires, toilets and post holes/walls. I think I only know two people left doing it, one for the MoD and one in research. I blame Tony Robinson.

"Oooh Toony, look at thaaaaaat"

tit

hahaha. It does attract the freaks (no slur intended).

my flatmate is in the same boat as you, i think she is scheduled to finish monday.
it will be a relife for the house when she is done i think.

HA!

Two questions asked of archaeologists by the general public whilst on excavation:

Q.1. Find any gold/treasure?
Q.2. Find any bodies?

A. No.

Qualify, head to the Phillipines, dig up billions of dollars of Japanese/German war gold and/or the gold hidden by Ferdinand Marcos.

And you get a tan- winner!

awesome steveo, I might have a read of it when you're done?

I started the post grad diploma in marketing with the CIM a couple of weeks ago. Going to be a long but interesting year for sure, but feels wicked to be going 'back to school' as it were

nice one, glad you're enthusiastic, not enough of that about.

if you really want to read

"Quantifying the Degradation of the Archaeological Roesource:
Considering the Studies of Two Contemporary Heritage Councils"

then you're more than welcome to!

As I type, I'm in a UCL cluster room, shoehorning in some more references and bodging together a conclusion.

oooh mate what referencing style are you using? I've a hard-on for Harvard

Christ, I never thought a two year part-time MA would take up so much of my brain space. Granted, due it being part-time, the workload wasn't quite as intense as it could have been. However, only being in four hours a week makes you feel really detached from the whole ordeal yet knowing it's importance makes it always sit in that awkward place in your brain that every so often nags you with pangs of guilt. Anyway, after procrastinating over the piece of coursework that I've had the least amount of enthusiasm and drive over EVER in 22 years of education, it's nearly bastarding done. Word limit 10,000 words, current count 10,050. I feel like I've just got to the crest of a big feck off hill and now all that's left to do is reach the precipice of the downhill spinathon (the binding and hand in). It is no way a good dissertation, seeing as I lost all will to do it months ago due to a loss of respect for the industry and a prospective career change, but all I want to do is pass, I retired to the idea of a distinction long ago.

Like I said, I was never a model student throughout these last two years and most of the time did anything I could not to be doing coursework or reading. But, it's always been in my mind, and hopefully now I can start to enjoy some mental freedom.

I'm sure there are others here in the same or similar boat.

Ohhhhh, this rings so many bells! (Except for the having finished it bit.)

MA Gender Studies at SOAS, since you ask.

Do you think that if we all turn up to South Beers on Monday night people will buy us pints?

oh to be that close to finishing.... wow, well done Steve_com! A huge achievement.

I'm doing/struggling with a PhD (sociology) at Goldsmiths - just handed in a full draft (90k) and am currently in edit/re-write the crap bits mode now. I'm aiming for an end of year finish. It'll be four years for me. Owww. And it won't go easy, that I know for sure.

MA Gender Studies at SOAS, since you ask.

As I type this I have my girlfriend's dissertation in front of me for copy-editing - she's on the MA gender studies course at UCL. Maybe you've met along the way, since her BA was SOAS.

Oh, there's a chance. And I know someone on the Gender MA at UCL.

Out of interest, does your girlfriend have any idea what kind of job she's going to get with an MA in gender studies? Because I haven't a clue...

Ha! That makes 2 of you. The only thing she knows for sure is that she has had enough of studying now!

MA Gender Studies at SOAS, since you ask.

my mum teaches at SOAS

my mum teaches at SOAS

Ooh really? What does she teach?

Ah more UCL I am finishing off for monday as well...MSc in European Property Development and Plannig. I haven't really done much since the first draft, lost all will with it. Hoping to hand in tomorrow. Freedom for the weekend and the rest of my life, well almost!