::alio!::

DONE HOMEWORK FOREVER

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I just (*just*) finished my last essay for my course work this term. This is in addition to the assignment I had for my actual class, which I finished last week. No, this was an additional paper assigned to me by my supervisor, for which I will not receive a grade, but which has to be excellent notwithstanding.

And it's DONE.

Officially, I never have to do homework again.

Of course, I start my comprehensive exams on Monday the 13th. Essentially, I have three questions, for which I am provided three separate reading lists. On Monday, I receive the first list, of 12 books and 12 scholarly articles on the theme of theory as it relates to my project. I have three months to read and take notes on these sources, and at the end I am given a question. I have a week to answer that question, using every single one of my 24 sources, in a 35 page essay. Then I do that two more times, one with ethnographies relating to my project and one regarding the region in which I will be carrying out my fieldwork.

After that is over (last essay due the day before my birthday in 2010), I get to write a research proposal, defend it, apply for and obtain ethics clearance, establish contact with my field representative and negotiate the terms of my research, carry out my research, analyze the data, and write a 500 page thesis about the whole thing.

Not to mention that I must constantly be on the lookout for the various kinds of funding I can apply for throughout this process.

BUT

For the next week, at least, I am FREE from scholastic obligations. FREE I tell you.

So I plan to do a whole lot of nothing for the next seven days, and it's going to be awesome (I'll probably end up rearranging my office closet, but that will be cool too).

It's my last week of responsibility-free living for the next three years, and so I intend to enjoy it.

Posted by Ally at April 6, 2009 10:02 AM