After meeting for a colleague's capstone (final master's paper), I remembered the process of writing my final paper. I had already moved to Minneapolis when my adviser finally gave me a deadline. My difficulty wasn't the research or writing. My difficulty was narrowing my topic and putting the two together.
Sitting in today's meeting was somewhat frustrating. I found the adviser to be pushy and "on her own agenda." Maybe this is unfair, but I was glad she wasn't my adviser. While she was telling my colleague to narrow her focus, her examples seemed to be those of enlarging the focus. She, of course, would regroup her ideas and say it would be another topic. I thought about what I would do if she was my adviser. It's difficult, but I would probably follow the suggestions even though I didn't agree with them, so I could be finished. At least we agreed to do the rest via e-mail, and my degree is finished.
Sitting in today's meeting was somewhat frustrating. I found the adviser to be pushy and "on her own agenda." Maybe this is unfair, but I was glad she wasn't my adviser. While she was telling my colleague to narrow her focus, her examples seemed to be those of enlarging the focus. She, of course, would regroup her ideas and say it would be another topic. I thought about what I would do if she was my adviser. It's difficult, but I would probably follow the suggestions even though I didn't agree with them, so I could be finished. At least we agreed to do the rest via e-mail, and my degree is finished.
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