Posted by alexandra_k on March 28, 2005, at 5:30:05
In reply to Re: Getting a bit annoyed..., posted by rainbowbrite on March 27, 2005, at 17:58:27
> Were they suggesting other possibilties for you?
Yeah. A general 'anywhere but there' (and one other place whose name I won't mention). But they had one particular place in mind. A supervisor even. He tried to ply be back there. But I told him I couldn't... Now he will probably be the one to mark my thesis :-(
> Can you speak to someone about this? your supervisor?I wouldn't know what to say. It isn't anything they are able to change. I would just be grumbling...
> Im sorry Alex that sounds so frustrating, how much longer till you are finished?Should be finished by the end of August. That is if I ever find the time to do it... Otherwise (if I don't get into the US) then I may as well take a bit more time and aim for (very) early next year.
> Cant you just say no, they can't pull you away from your work...can they?Well... If I don't do them, who will?? Students don't like to be f*cked around with changes in tutors. I guess that whoever takes the classes in the first week is kind of considered responsible for them thereafter... There really doesn't seem to be anyone else. I suppose in an emergency the lecturers would take them. But they don't take them as a matter of routine. No way.
We actually have a great deal of trouble finding tutors. Nobody seems to hang around till grad level (gee I wonder why). So sometimes third year students are recruited (we have a 3 year degree - not 4). I am in my 5th year so they figure me as senior. Anywhere else and they wouldn't even have me - typically you have to be a PhD student to tutor. But here I am senior. Go figure...
> can you explain that to someone? I know its so hard to find people who understand but maybe there is someone there that you could explain this to?Not without getting into the mental health thing (which must be avoided at all costs...) Otherwise I am just grumbling - like I have been doing all week.
> Haev you heard back form any schools?One rejection. One that I haven't heard back from yet. I won't be too disappointed if I don't get into that one. I'd kinda be better off in Australia than there to tell you the truth. I just like the idea of a 5 year program and more course work and the US :-)
Thanks.
I'll be okay...Maybe (if I don't get in and if therapy still isn't working out for me) I'll bugger off to that other place I should have gone to. I dare say that would help my Australian applications...
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