Diane, congatulations. A long haul!
My experience at my "defense" was that they listened. It was actually a heady
experience -- to get their attention (Mike was one of them, and he modeled good
Dissertation Committee behavior, including getting to the room early!!!). I
thought to myself, "Wow, what if NEVER AGAIN in my life do I get so much
attention paid to me?"
I wish you the same sort of experience: I wish that your committee arrives on
time, has read what they should have read, are not distracted, don't make
irrelevant competitive chit-chat among themselves, behave themselves in terms
of not interrupting and not insisting on pushing one of their own pet donkeys,
and listen thoughtfully to you, allowing you the same sort of space and respect
for your work that you want and deserve (and that they want and demand, I'm
sure).
Helena
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diane Hodges [mailto:dhodges@ceo.cudenver.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 8:29 PM
> To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> Subject: a wee bit o' newz
>
> just for youze folks who know me, and of course FYI to anyone else,
> the end is near.
> next wednesday, at 1:00 pm i will be defending my dissertation,
> "the falling scholar: essays in the outside"
>
> and while i am sick with nerves about the whole thing,
> i am mostly glad to be doing it...finally.
> my parents have coerced me into attending the november graduation, (should
> i actually pass the defense) which means i have to cap'n'gown it all the
> way through, but i suppose it's better than being drawn and quartered, eh?
> (i'd rather be painted and halved!)
> so, as a graduate student member of this list for all these years, i must
> say this marks a rather large shift in my world. i might turn out to be
> one of those philosopher grounds-keepers,
> or philosopher-dog-walker, but what the heck. I'll be Dr. Weed-Trimmer.
> Dr. Dog-Walker.
> Dr. Seven-Eleven Cashier!!
> ha ha.
> sweet eh?
> so if you like, on sept. 20, have a toast to the goddesses of completion
> because i am
> rather hoping to finish what i began.
> cheers my dears,
> diane
>
> **********************************************************************
> :point where everything listens.
> and i slow down, learning how to
> enter - implicate and unspoken (still) heart-of-the-world.
>
> (Daphne Marlatt, "Coming to you")
> ***********************************************************************
>
> diane celia hodges
>
> university of british columbia, centre for the study of curriculum and
> instruction
> ==================== ==================== =======================
> university of colorado, denver, school of education
>
> Diane_Hodges@ceo.cudenver.edu
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