“OMG!” This is my initial reaction after meeting my professor in Research Seminar I just three weeks after the start of classes. It seems that I am too overwhelmed with all the requirements, expectations and tons of things to be accomplished in this subject. But according to her, research is the essence of being in the graduate school. She said that one has no business in the graduate school without conducting researches or even dissertations to those aspirants of a PhD degree. Meditating all of these, I can’t help but convince myself that I can do it. So I decided first to take a break and browse the net to find something interesting. Luckily, I found out this humorous fable which put me on the lighter side of it.
One sunny day, a rabbit came out of her hole in the ground to enjoy the fine weather. The day was so nice that she became careless and a fox snuck up behind her and caught her. "I am going to eat you for lunch!" said the fox. "Wait!" replied the rabbit," You should at least wait a few days." "Oh yeah? Why should I wait?" "Well, I am just finishing my dissertation on 'The Superiority of Rabbits over Foxes and Wolves'" said the rabbit. "Are you crazy? I should eat you right now! Everyone knows that a fox will always win over a rabbit." "Not according to my research. If you like, you can come into my hole and read it for yourself. If you are not convinced, you can go ahead and eat me for lunch." "You really are crazy!" said the fox, but since the fox was curious and had nothing to lose, it went into the hole with the rabbit. The fox never came out. A few days later, the rabbit was again taking a break from writing when a wolf came out of the bushes and was ready to set upon her. "Wait!" yelled the rabbit," You can't eat me right now." "And why might that be, my furry appetizer?" said the wolf. "I am almost finished with my dissertation on 'The Superiority of Rabbits over Foxes and Wolves.” The wolf laughed so hard he almost let go of the rabbit. "Maybe I shouldn't eat you--you really are sick in the head! You might have something contagious." "Come and read it for yourself, you can eat me afterwards if you disagree with my conclusions." So the wolf went down into the rabbit's hole...and never came out. The rabbit finished her dissertation and was out celebrating in the local lettuce patch. Another rabbit came along and asked, "What's up? You seem very happy." "Yup, I just finished my dissertation." "Congratulations! What's it about?" "'The Superiority of Rabbits over Foxes and Wolves.'" "No way! That can't be right." "Oh, but it is. Come and read it for yourself." So the two rabbits went down into the rabbit hole. As they entered, the friend saw the typical graduate abode. A computer with the controversial work was in one corner surrounded by discarded papers. And on one side of the room there was a pile of fox bones, while on the other side there was a pile of wolf bones. And in the center, there was a large, well-fed lion.
The moral of the story: The title of your dissertation doesn't matter. The subject doesn't matter. The research doesn't matter. All that matters is who your advisor is. (http://chat.carleton.ca/~jnoakes/grad.html#diss)
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