
Last Friday, I sent two more papers away for my doctoral work. These papers represent another semester in the bag. That is now 5 completed semesters in the Ed.D. program. 5 semesters? It is really hard to believe.
So here are the ways things stand: I started semester 6, the final course work semester, January 1. This semester is somewhat different than the others. I have one class, Analysis of Empirial Methods, and then my Comprehensive Exams. I will be taking those March 8-10. After that, I have some initial work due for my dissertation prospectus and then the seminars are completely finished. By mid-May, I will be done taking classes.
Now, I am not saying that I will never go back to school. Book nerds love school…so there is a very good chance I will find something else to study. But the potential of being done FOREVER is starting to sound really good to me. Since I was in kindergarten, there has only been 2 years in my life that I have not been in school full-time.
I started school when I was 5. I am 30 now. So that puts me in the 23rd grade. 12 years k-12, 4 yrs in college, 5 yrs in seminary, 2 years in doctoral work. When I am finished with my dissertation (whenever that is), I will be logging somewhere in the neighborhood of 13 years of school AFTER high school.
That may be just entirely too much book learn’n.
mabrouk habibi
Shane you keep on’ ROCKIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!