I'm getting into my study periods for my PhD. I've got a schedule of online courses that I need to study, but the main thrust of my work at the moment is background research, making sure that I'm familiar with the literature in my topic area, and thinking exactly what I want to research for myself. Actually I want to base my topic on what I do for a living, which is managing an academic school, with some particular issues about the involvement of industry world wide.
I find that I get fascinated by the reading, and can read a book without taking the notes that I need to keep track of who said what and in what context. This is a situation where my lifelong love of reading needs to be tempered by some discipline. Still, I am enjoying myself.
# posted by Mary @ 12:08 PM
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