It is done.
As of 4:52PM today, I have become Dr. Jason A. Shockey.
Freaky. VERY.
I still have some corrections to make, but they are all minor and should be done well before the 24th (which is the official deadline for submission). My advisor and labmates are officially nuts. They bought me the 4th editions of Alberts et al. (since a paper of mine is cited), a gift certificate to REI (uhmmmm, hiking swag), and 15 beakers of various sizes that have never seen chemicals so that I may use them as cups. Yes I am a nerd. But now I am Dr. Nerd.
Two comments that stood out from my defense:
1) I was told I didn't need to apologize for my results. I tend towards self-deprication, and have never fealt my work to be "up to snuff". This was a nice comment that told me, despite the majority of my results being negative, that I at least did good science.
2) One of my committee members complimented me on part of my dedication, in which I said "Dum Spiro Spero", which is latin for "while I breathe, I hope"
As of 4:52PM today, I have become Dr. Jason A. Shockey.
Freaky. VERY.
I still have some corrections to make, but they are all minor and should be done well before the 24th (which is the official deadline for submission). My advisor and labmates are officially nuts. They bought me the 4th editions of Alberts et al. (since a paper of mine is cited), a gift certificate to REI (uhmmmm, hiking swag), and 15 beakers of various sizes that have never seen chemicals so that I may use them as cups. Yes I am a nerd. But now I am Dr. Nerd.
Two comments that stood out from my defense:
1) I was told I didn't need to apologize for my results. I tend towards self-deprication, and have never fealt my work to be "up to snuff". This was a nice comment that told me, despite the majority of my results being negative, that I at least did good science.
2) One of my committee members complimented me on part of my dedication, in which I said "Dum Spiro Spero", which is latin for "while I breathe, I hope"
VIEW 10 of 10 COMMENTS
worlds:
Well yeah, now that you are a Dr., you would have to have an enemy. You would be the diabolical doctor bent on world domination and all.
sdlrow:
Yes! You can help me take over the world! I need someone with a maniacl laugh.