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University, life and work
Jan. 13th, 2006 09:17 amAfter a 24 hour ponder, I think I've decided that I'm actually fairly glad that Debbie sacked me. I also think she was probably being a reasonable. At the end of the day, she knew I was working out the two weeks notice she had asked for, and I think she probably guessed that I was going to get steadily more unreliable as that time went on. And I think she would have been right. I didn't want to be there anymore, and I wasn't happy with it.
I've got £200 from my Dad as an early birthday present which just about covers the loss of earnings from those two weeks, and should keep me functional, so I'm not going to be in too much trouble financially. And, to be honest, I could do with the extra time to work.
What my supervisor said yesterday is that I need to restructure and refocus my entire dissertation to give it more of a purpose. Basically, she wants me to narrow the entire thing down to one central question and try and provide some insight into something that no one has looked at before. Of course, she said this last year with my essay on child burial and then changed her mind entirely, which I'm a little bit scared of happening again, so I'm not losing my original essay plan. She also thinks I've gotten a bit confused with my periods, and need to really make sure I've got all my info in tighter chronological order.
I'm going to re-work my essay plan over this weekend, send to Helena Hamerow (my supervisor) and hopefully meet up with her at the beginning/middle of next week to discuss whether that plan is coming together.
At the end of the day, my focus needs to be my work right now. Everything else, I think, needs to be structured around that.
I've got £200 from my Dad as an early birthday present which just about covers the loss of earnings from those two weeks, and should keep me functional, so I'm not going to be in too much trouble financially. And, to be honest, I could do with the extra time to work.
What my supervisor said yesterday is that I need to restructure and refocus my entire dissertation to give it more of a purpose. Basically, she wants me to narrow the entire thing down to one central question and try and provide some insight into something that no one has looked at before. Of course, she said this last year with my essay on child burial and then changed her mind entirely, which I'm a little bit scared of happening again, so I'm not losing my original essay plan. She also thinks I've gotten a bit confused with my periods, and need to really make sure I've got all my info in tighter chronological order.
I'm going to re-work my essay plan over this weekend, send to Helena Hamerow (my supervisor) and hopefully meet up with her at the beginning/middle of next week to discuss whether that plan is coming together.
At the end of the day, my focus needs to be my work right now. Everything else, I think, needs to be structured around that.
