Posted by Teacher Ria in Reflections | 2 Comments
Thesis Shmesis
If there’s one thing I regret in my life, it’s not being able to do my thesis. There. I said it.
I do regret giving up on it and letting it overpower me. I know deep inside that if push came to shove, I can muster something up but it really isn’t something of interest to me. I know it is hard to do but not impossible. However, without the drive, it is pointless.
Every once in a while, however, I think about what perhaps can motivate me to do it. Sometimes I fool myself into thinking that if only I get one of those nice, handy netbooks will inspire me to write but in reality, I know it will just be a distraction.
So…what will motivate me to do it? Perhaps finding something that makes sense to me? Right now, nothing comes to mind yet 
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Hahaha! I know what you mean. I got all the way up to outline defense. That was a few years ago. If I go back now I would have so many penalty courses that I would be doing those instead of the thesis.
Not to be the devil’s advocate here, but at this point I’m actually applying my thesis, and everything else I learned in grad school, that the thesis itself (paper, defense, degree) seems trivial. Unless you want to teach at the college or graduate level, the real difference that teachers make isn’t in the paper in the library archives (or the book that it was puclished in), but among the students.
Sometimes I feel guilty for not going the whole way with the thesis and grad school, especially since I was so close to it; but like you said, the drive just isn’t there. And at the end of the day, I find that the motivation comes from the kids and leads right back to them.
i also got to the proposal defense….i just needed to do some revisions before data gathering and then….ayun….