Being the first person in your family to go to university.
Of course, I'm not looking to take away from how hard childbirth and motherhood are, I'm simply thinking of my own situation where my wife was lucky to have a year of maternity leave to get back on her feet whilst my life became a juggling act from day one because I was simultaneously researching for a PhD, working freelance, trying to get stuff published, going to conferences, sessional.
A community in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State has for the first time in history produced a Doctor of Philosophy, PhD graduate. The community, Ngarabe had a pacesetter, Dr. Etuki Eborty Egbonyi crowned following his hard work at the University of Calabar on Saturday.
I debate leaving with a masters so that I can go home to my family (this is also my first time living away from home). It was difficult for me to develop relationships with other students quickly since I was not in the “big office” of the first year graduate students, that office has 10 students and there are 3 students in my office. But luckily my boyfriend from home is with me as a.
I have exceptionally supportive colleagues, supervisors, friends and family, but even so, I’ve felt high stress levels regarding my PhD work. Ecology brings us to fabulously tough places. For many of us, myself included, our fieldwork seasons are some of the first big field projects we’ve developed and run ourselves. These situations are already high-pressure.
Different to my PhD defence in the UK many years ago, locked in a room with two examiners for three hours discussing in detail the thesis, however, the PhD defence in Maastricht is more than a defence, it is also a ceremony and a celebration: an opportunity for family and friends to be present and to congratulate the candidate in person, an opportunity to say farewell to an institution and to.
When you are with your family, forget about your PhD. Roll on the floor with your kids, tickle their little toes, sing them to sleep, embrace the freedom of not being a PhD student just for a few hours. They’re only little once. When you return to your PhD, sit your butt down and get the work done. I like to spend the first four hours of my day on the “business” of my PhD. Lately this.
My supervisor told me two months ago to submit the thesis for MPhil instead of PhD because I don't have enough data for PhD (in her opinion). The PhD was nightmare: -I had personal relations problems with my supervisor (at my first year she constantly told me that I am stupid, have bad memory and that I should get off a PhD and should not deal with science at all - I started to avoid her).