How far am I in granting my graduate degree? It was really a coincidence that this was brought up in two separate occasions with different bunch of people at work.
Being quite a practical plus worrisome person, I do constantly check my timeline in completing my postgraduate studies even way before I decided to quit my RA job to pursue a higher study. Well, I know getting my timeline checked regularly has nothing to do with practicality. But being a worrisome person, I do not want myself to be too old when the degree is obtained, especially the biological is ticking. *LOL* I wish not seing a wrinkly lady just came out of school and starting her career. Sounds practical.....ah well...relatively, right?
Although I knew all these while I really wanted to go back to Graduate school, it was still a tough decision for me to step into a different route of my path in my life. Other realistic issues were considered as well including financial matter, distance from my family/friends etc. Of course, now I am entering my 2nd year of graduate student's life, I can proudly say that I am indeed very grateful that I've made a wise decision. Although research work has been tough and most of the time countless failures has demotivated me tremendously. So far I am enjoying what I am doing. I enjoy being able to learn, to troubleshoot problems and most importantly feeling myself contributing to mankind. However, there are moments of pain and tears. But the continuous failures (many more to come) have allowed me to train myself to be stronger. I am beginning to like the challenges in this field. This is really what I want. I feel really blessed that I was given this opportunity.
Although I am not sure whether will I be 'on time' to graduate in 4 years (the average duration taken by students here). I should really enjoy myself as much as possible being a Graduate student. It doesn't matter how fast I can finish. It's the learning process and the journey that matters more. We all won't deny that time flies and even before we realize, years have past. Hence, I better cherish every moments of my student life now than rushing the deadline.
So folks, when someone ask me how far am I in my degree next time, what should be the answer? Should I reply by saying that I am 1/4 done or 3/4 yet to go? Notice the subtlety of the answers? *blink blink*
Being quite a practical plus worrisome person, I do constantly check my timeline in completing my postgraduate studies even way before I decided to quit my RA job to pursue a higher study. Well, I know getting my timeline checked regularly has nothing to do with practicality. But being a worrisome person, I do not want myself to be too old when the degree is obtained, especially the biological is ticking. *LOL* I wish not seing a wrinkly lady just came out of school and starting her career. Sounds practical.....ah well...relatively, right?
Although I knew all these while I really wanted to go back to Graduate school, it was still a tough decision for me to step into a different route of my path in my life. Other realistic issues were considered as well including financial matter, distance from my family/friends etc. Of course, now I am entering my 2nd year of graduate student's life, I can proudly say that I am indeed very grateful that I've made a wise decision. Although research work has been tough and most of the time countless failures has demotivated me tremendously. So far I am enjoying what I am doing. I enjoy being able to learn, to troubleshoot problems and most importantly feeling myself contributing to mankind. However, there are moments of pain and tears. But the continuous failures (many more to come) have allowed me to train myself to be stronger. I am beginning to like the challenges in this field. This is really what I want. I feel really blessed that I was given this opportunity.
Although I am not sure whether will I be 'on time' to graduate in 4 years (the average duration taken by students here). I should really enjoy myself as much as possible being a Graduate student. It doesn't matter how fast I can finish. It's the learning process and the journey that matters more. We all won't deny that time flies and even before we realize, years have past. Hence, I better cherish every moments of my student life now than rushing the deadline.
So folks, when someone ask me how far am I in my degree next time, what should be the answer? Should I reply by saying that I am 1/4 done or 3/4 yet to go? Notice the subtlety of the answers? *blink blink*
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