On Jul 8, 5:12 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had an external trying to fail my best student for swearing last > year. I've been asked to do some work on a PhD programme at a US > university (better not mention it by name in case I have to take the > work). Compared with what you got at Sussex Chaz, it's baby play! > And clapped-out nonsense equating to the personal development drivel > all over undergrads like a rash at the moment. I'm old enough now > that I mat have inaugurated the angle, though in my version I'd have > accepted stuff like 'spending a month with Orn' or going Bohemian or a > few weeks with some nuclear scientists or biologists (etc.) - now it's > all dreadful. > Pleasing Sussex didn't neuter you mate.
I'm too old to get my balls chopped off by these little whipper- snappers. I've never had much respect for authority and I was not going to bow down the their argumentum ad verecundiam fallacy. I didn't want to MA to get a job. For me its all about the process, not the result. My partner and I are still doing okay with no mortgage, so she has encouraged me to do what I should have done in the first place and go for Philosophy. They do a masters diploma, sort of an MA without the Dissertation, which is around £3k. I felt guilty about spending the cash, but you only live once and if I don't do that I;ll only get a boring job of do some courses in art or photography. I've decided that feeling guilty about living my life the way I want to is okay. (playing the cancer card again.). Anyway I applied today for more punishment - though it might be too late due to the rush to get in before the hike to the fees. So would taking the job in the US mean moving there for a while? Do you think you could do the gig? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to epistemology@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to epistemology+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
