“Why are you getting your doctorate?” “You’re nuts!” “I’d never do that.” I’m two years into the process of pursuing my doctorate and when I hear comments like these, they make me pause and consider . . .
Yesterday, I was tired. God, I was so tired and fed up with work. Squabbles, self-centered shirking, decisions made by cronies instead of qualified people, endless stacks of papers to grade, entitled students . . .