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Yep. I tried to write my dissertation in an accessible way, and my thesis committee's only feedback was on the style. They didn't even bother to read the conten
by toomim 3y ago
Yep. I tried to write my dissertation in an accessible way, and my thesis committee's only feedback was on the style. They didn't even bother to read the content.
Then I dropped out and posted the dissertation on the web, instead. I didn't want to ruin it by making it "academic"
enough.
- leemailll 3y agoWhoa that's brave move. most people just will yield to finish Kudos to you Do you mind share more on the story? Like which field? any repercussion?
- p00dles 3y agosimilar experience here. I wrote a Masters dissertation and the feedback was effectively “why are you introducing and explaining any of these basic concepts, the audience is expert researchers who know this stuff already.” I wanted to be able to give it to a curious friend who isn’t an expert but has enough background that with some help they could understand what the dissertation project was doing.
- seanhunter 3y agoIt sounds (like a few other comments in this thread) like you didn't want to write a dissertation - you wanted to write a document more broadly communicating your thesis topic to a wider audience. There's nothing intrinsically wrong with that, but if you think you would ruin it by turning it into a document written for (and to suit the needs of) the thesis committee, then it's not a dissertation.