I absolutely LOVE this:
What's the last word in your dissertation?* ...*For those of you still--or not yet--writing a dissertation, what word would you like to be the last word? It might be fun to record it here and then write to it. Voila.
My first thought is that I want my last word to signify--with absolute finality--my successful transition from grad student status to...whatever (non student) status comes next. So, words like "complete," "graduation," "finally," and "employment" come to mind. However, these words have little to do with my dissertation topic so I suspect that writing towards them will lead me astray. And we definitely cannot have that.
So, I must think about my actual dissertation... Now, the last section will have to do with implications of my topic for future research, theory, policy, education, and practice... So, I'm going to choose an appropriate future-oriented word:
TRANSFORMATION.
You read my last word here first, folks! "Voila!"
Posted by perry032 at May 16, 2006 02:52 PM