The first word is the last word

March 27, 2009 · 7 comments

in Academic life

Last Words by Wandering Angel

Back at the old Leaving Academia, I had found a blog post asking readers what the last word of their dissertation is. I was tickled to find that mine is “possibilities.”

What’s yours?

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{ 7 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Dr. R 09.15.06 at 4:45 am

Mine’s boring: “century”

2 bradtastic 09.16.06 at 9:18 pm

I don’t have a dissertation yet but a cuss looks promising.

3 trillwing 05.28.07 at 6:54 am

If you count footnotes, mine is “poop,” specifically “petrified poop.”

4 PeeHD 10.24.07 at 9:15 pm

Mine was “time”. As in “time to get the hell out of academia.”

5 Andy 11.25.07 at 8:13 pm

“analyzed”

I’ve spent many years being analyzed by a team of mental health specialists.

6 gleed 05.11.09 at 9:35 pm

“flow” if you include the first word of my thesis it’s “one flow”

mmmmmm

7 Laura 12.04.09 at 7:22 am

“attain” – also rather boring.

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