I got an email today asking when I would like to have the oral exam for the thesis. I am very nervous about it - all the work of the past 7 or 8 years is going up for judgement in a couple of weeks.
Theoretically it should pass, as the supervisor would not let me hand in anything totally substandard. But in fact, sometimes you are close enough to the line that the three hour exam can leave you sweating blood. Sometimes it is a Cversation amoung equals, sometimes it is a real DEFENSE of the thesis.
I tell you what though, I know the supervisor is supportive of me passing this. It would be very re-assuring to have him in the room but he is in Holland. So he will only be on the phone.
And dammit, if I pass I was looking forward to going to pub with him. I'm sure we owe each other a large number of beverages.
Posted by Toni at February 21, 2006 07:47 PM