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Subject:Re: Seeking advice on English MA From:Jo Francis Byrd <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 19 Apr 2001 11:45:11 -0500
I agree. Why go though the effort then quit right before the finish line. Trying
and not succeeding is not failure. Not having the guts to try in the first place
is failure. Not finishing, giving up at the end, is failure.
A fair number of years back a man with no legs participated in the New York
Marathon. He had to do it walking on his hands, using specially made "shoes" to
protect his hands. It took him THREE days to finish. He came in dead last, but
he was a winner. He had the guts and determination to try, the guts and
determination to finish. So it's a pain to go through the "huge bureaucratic
hassle to try and get the piece of paper." What's a few days out of your life
when you invested a year or two in the coursework?
DO IT!!!!!!
Jo Byrd
Who NEVER (or not very often) lacks for opinions.....
Dana Worley wrote:
> From: Christine -dot- Anameier -at- seagate -dot- com
>
> > Five years ago I left grad school, having completed everything but the
> paperwork.
>
> <SNIP>
>
> > Is it worth my while to endure a huge bureaucratic hassle to try to get the
> piece of paper, or should I just amend the resume to something like "MA
> coursework completed" and move on?
>
> I don't have an English degree -- in fact, I don't have any four year degree.
>
> As someone who had the time and resources to complete only a two-year business
> school program (and then 7 years of night school at a university which got me
> no where fast at one course a quarter), I am appalled that someone would not
> spend a few unpleasant days dealing with paperwork to finish a Masters.
>
> Dana W.
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