Is doing an MA for the sake of it sad?
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Brainaddict
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Nope
Brainaddict
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Yep
lights.out.london
Black Flag
No. Not sad.
Brainaddict
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Get your own bloody opinions and stop consulting internet weirdos on your life plans! Now that *is* sad 
Oh how the tables have turnedBrainaddict said:Get your own bloody opinions and stop consulting internet weirdos on your life plans! Now that *is* sad
This is great, I like it.Not sad. Think I might do it again next academic year. (Though I hope it will change my career path, lead to exciting, new paths & be lots of fun at the same time
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Hollis
bloody furious
tastebud said:Not sad. Think I might do it again next academic year. (Though I hope it will change my career path, lead to exciting, new paths & be lots of fun at the same time
I'm not talking of some self-indulgent 'let's go screw the taxpayer, 'cause I like hanging around librairies' nonsense.
Oh no. This would be self-funded on top of an honest days work. oh yes.
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
not at all sad, i'd do one tomorrow if i had the money.
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
Not sad at all - I'm just coming to the end of my MA which was entirely for the sake of it. I loved every minute of it. At some point (after getting some work and money in), I'd like to do a PhD for the sake of it (which is a bit harder to justify admittedly!! )
go for it!
)go for it!
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
I just finished one - so probably.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
Hollis said:Looking back are you saying "Oh my God!!! I have wasted my time!!"
What, all that time I could have been posting on Urban?
No, not really.
nino_savatte
No pasaran!
Hollis said:Your opinions please!
There is a part of me that feels that you should not have your nose stuck so much in a book when you are say of a certain age?
Do it. To hell with what anyone else thinks.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
I say do bothHollis said:
My primary reason for doing it was probably a lot sadder: I didn't want to stop being a student, partly because of the lifestyle and partly because, belatedly, I'd got quite passionate about my subject and wanted to study in more depth. I certainly didn't expect to end up doing a PhD and going on to a postdoc...
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
I've gone back to do a second undergrad degree, mainly just for the sake of it, and at 29 just about to go into my final year I get a hell of a lot of people who just don't understand why.
I'm planning on doing the whole MRes and PhD too, mainly for the sake of it, but it would be cool if it means I'll end up working in an area I enjoy.
What absolutely does my head in in the meantime is having to work in a job I really hate, just to pay for my degree (as my second degree I have to pay my fees in full, get no grant, and so live off my student loan and a part time job - ah, the joys of no money). If I don't get funding for the MRes I don't think I can afford to do it.
So, if you have the option absolutely go for it and fuck others opinions and any qualms you might have - don't want to get to 80 and realise you could have had a pretty cool time learning more stuff
I'm planning on doing the whole MRes and PhD too, mainly for the sake of it, but it would be cool if it means I'll end up working in an area I enjoy.
What absolutely does my head in in the meantime is having to work in a job I really hate, just to pay for my degree (as my second degree I have to pay my fees in full, get no grant, and so live off my student loan and a part time job - ah, the joys of no money). If I don't get funding for the MRes I don't think I can afford to do it.
So, if you have the option absolutely go for it and fuck others opinions and any qualms you might have - don't want to get to 80 and realise you could have had a pretty cool time learning more stuff
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
I'm at dissertation point with my MA - my employer funded it so it was work related and wouldn't have been my first choice which would be dance movement therapy if I could ever afford to work less while i did it AND pay for it.
my ma is in early childhood education and its been tough on top of family and full time work but nearly worth it in getting my brain working again
what would you study?
my ma is in early childhood education and its been tough on top of family and full time work but nearly worth it in getting my brain working again
what would you study?
Prince Rhyus
Spokesman of King Antonio
I did my PGDip for the love of it rather than for the sake of it. (It was supposed to be an MA but the Foreign Office took 18 months to respond to my FOI request - which I won on appeal but too late to complete my MA 
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Doing something for the sake of it makes the whole thing sound like a chore...and that there's something else you'd rather be doing...and that you're not going to put your heart into it.
It might be worth challenging yourself to change your mindset on this.
- Do the MA because the subject area is fascinating
- Do it because you don't know what you've yet to find out
- Do it because you don't know what benefits it will lead onto
- Do it because you will meet new people in the process and you don't know what effect these people will have on you.
Once you start thinking about the MA like that, then things look much better
but too late to complete my MA ).Doing something for the sake of it makes the whole thing sound like a chore...and that there's something else you'd rather be doing...and that you're not going to put your heart into it.
It might be worth challenging yourself to change your mindset on this.
- Do the MA because the subject area is fascinating
- Do it because you don't know what you've yet to find out
- Do it because you don't know what benefits it will lead onto
- Do it because you will meet new people in the process and you don't know what effect these people will have on you.
Once you start thinking about the MA like that, then things look much better
