Sent Back
In a brilliant show of quick turnaround, in support of my babysitting schedule (i.e., when I have sitters), my advisor sent a few comments back today.
When you wait for something you know comments are going to hurt, you know it'll be shredded. But you hope content is overall there. I knew it needed a fair amount of revising, but I didn't think it needed quite as much. Apparently, I'm too heavy on exegesis and not enough on hermeneutic.
This depresses me. [Extreme grumpiness and apocalyptic thinking deleted]
And I'm feeling very lonely and isolated. I have no scholarly community here. Home Institution is 1200 miles away. *ugh, I hate this*
So my afternoon will entail printing this thing out, reading with a fine-tooth comb, and calling friends who may be able to help.
Ugh. Can somebody please find me a Liber Usualis. I think I'm going to cry.
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Jnet, try this site, http://www.accesspa.state.pa.us/
Pick the Philly area, and see if you can find a library near you (I did a search and found copies of the LU, but I don't know what's accessible for you).
Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!
And hang in there, you're a terrific scholar!
Posted by: Jo | 09.10.06 15:24
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not to scare you but Jamison had to turn his in about 30+ times over the last 3 years before his was passed. It didn't help that we were overseas either and it wasn't passed with flying colors till about 2 months ago. Good luck!!!
Posted by: Dawn | 10.10.06 00:45
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Same here for the "lonely and isolated" part. Not that I really felt very connected to my colleagues back when I was on campus, but taking classes and talking to them every week did help. Luckily, I only live 270 miles from campus and going there last Thursday made such a difference in my outlook of the dissertation!! Talking to my advisors and seeing how thrilled they are with my progress was priceless!
Posted by: Lilian | 10.10.06 23:32