Residual Guilt

I've got this theory that guilt is a key driving force for many PhDs.

This is hardly an original theory. If I was to conduct a thorough literature review I'd no doubt be citing innumerable personal accounts (and of course a large number of strips from PhD Comics) that bemoan the impact of guilt: guilt about not having written enough, guilt about not having read enough, and guilt about being woefully unprepared for the next supervision. However, I'd like to offer a positive spin on the phenomenon of residual guilt.

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: 07 Jul 2011 13:23 |  Tags: PhD |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem