I know I'm good but...
My thesis adviser told me today that I write in plain language. That I should use the language of Belsey, Delphy (who's no longer my primary framework, ha!) and Henessy. Because writing in plain language makes it seem that my thesis can be written by any person who stays at the tambayans.
Okay, understandable. After all a thesis is an academic project, might as well write academically.
But... what good is a work if it can be read only by academics? This is where I realize that I am truly a journalist and not an academician. I believe that what you write must be read by as many people as possible. Your language should not be so pedestrian or hi-faluting. I'm sorry but I do not practice intellectual elitism because I am intellectually elite. I practice it when needed, when stupid people pretend to be smart for one. But what I write, my thoughts should not be limited as required reading for my professors or classmates.
Right now I'm adding a little bit of what my adviser is saying, but I am not budging on my plain language. I don't care, it's my style.
Aside from that, March 12 is now the date to remember. And for that a list.
And of course I should be doing my CL 198 paper but I won't be doing one. Thesis takes precendence over a class that thinks it's the only one I have.
Okay, understandable. After all a thesis is an academic project, might as well write academically.
But... what good is a work if it can be read only by academics? This is where I realize that I am truly a journalist and not an academician. I believe that what you write must be read by as many people as possible. Your language should not be so pedestrian or hi-faluting. I'm sorry but I do not practice intellectual elitism because I am intellectually elite. I practice it when needed, when stupid people pretend to be smart for one. But what I write, my thoughts should not be limited as required reading for my professors or classmates.
Right now I'm adding a little bit of what my adviser is saying, but I am not budging on my plain language. I don't care, it's my style.
Aside from that, March 12 is now the date to remember. And for that a list.
- Chapter 1- done. Since last sem actually
- Chapter 2 (Marrying not for love...)- fix conclusion and analysis. Must re-read before passing just in case there are any inconsistencies
- Chapter 3 (Desperate Housewives)- add a little bit more about social construction, discourse and determination. Fix conclusion and check for inconsistencies. Tone down psychoanalysis
- Chapter 4 (Working Women and their differences)- conclusion missing
- Chapter 5 (Conclusion)- reread and rewrite. Very very inconsistent
And of course I should be doing my CL 198 paper but I won't be doing one. Thesis takes precendence over a class that thinks it's the only one I have.