I went back and got my Masters five years after I graduated from college. Since my degree was in a "soft science" (library science), I had to write a lot of theory-laden papers for my classes, sometimes five or six ten-page papers per class. When graduation neared, my mentor tried to get me to go on for my Ph.D, but at that point, I was so burned out on writing papers that I never wanted to set foot in school ever again, much less write a dissertation. I'm just starting to get back into writing again now by blithering away on my LJ.
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Date: 2008-04-23 12:36 am (UTC)From:I went back and got my Masters five years after I graduated from college. Since my degree was in a "soft science" (library science), I had to write a lot of theory-laden papers for my classes, sometimes five or six ten-page papers per class. When graduation neared, my mentor tried to get me to go on for my Ph.D, but at that point, I was so burned out on writing papers that I never wanted to set foot in school ever again, much less write a dissertation. I'm just starting to get back into writing again now by blithering away on my LJ.
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