(Not) almost there...
After a meeting with my thesis advisor the other day, I thought I would be pro-active and begin what will inevitably be a long process by starting the writing of my thesis. I am in the fortunate position of having done much of the necessary research during the time in my internship, so I feel like I can go ahead and begin the writing phase of the process. I'd like to share what I have so far. Here goes: "The religious, political, and social landscape of the twentieth century was one of seemingly limitless potential for good and evil. " That's it. So, if a page averages 20 sentences, then I am 1/1200 of the way through the process. That doesn't sound so bad, but what I didn't share was that I agonized over that particular sentence for about 10 minutes and have since decided to go back and revise it when I have a free hour or five. At this rate I will finish the whole work in 200 hours, not including the time it takes to footnote and create a bibliography and get it bound.In other news, Margaret has found an NPO she is interested in working for that specializes in helping the marginalized. They are looking for a developer of training, and she would be a good fit. She sent an interest email today to the lady in charge.
Additionally, we mailed in our voter registration cards today, 1.5 hours before the deadline. I think I hear her pulling into the driveway, so I better go put the noodles on the stove.
posted by John and Mag @ 8:40 PM
3 Comments:
Great start to the "writing project"! Why does Chevy Chase in "Funny Farm" come to mind?
Love you three,
K & S
Twenty goes into twelve hundred, sixty times. So that's sixty pages of thoughts. Do you think you can "cover" that broad of a topic in sixty pgs.?
I don't know about thesises--are you 'posed to "cover it" or just comment on parts of it? If you run short of sources, you can use me. Suz
Suz-
Valid concerns, and something I wonder about every night as I fall asleep. The seminary doesn't want the thesis to be more than approx. 60 pages (I think b/c the professor doesn't want to read that much), so I'm confined to that space. As a result, I'm to focus on one specific topic within my subject. My topic? God. Shouldn't be too broad, right? Haha. Thanks for the offer on sources, you should stay by the phone and wait for a call.
John
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