Why is it that reading even a good dissertation is like death …
but reading a bad dissertation is like a veeeeerrrrrry sloooooow death ….?
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June 9, 2009 at 3:27 am
pocha
One of the things my advisor advised me when I was contemplating having to accept job offers from R1’s and SLAC’s was that, at least with the latter I wouldn’t have to read dissertations.
That said, I can vouch for the fact that reading MA theses is like dying a quick death.