Thesis
Finally have comments on 1st draft of thesis back. There some large mistakes I could've changed if I'd spent more effort on it rather than getting the first draft in as quickly as possible 4 months ago, and an underlying lack of professionalism and presentation I'm not sure what I could have done about. This is the first PhD thesis I've written, after all...but it should have been better.
When I was in secondary school, my teachers told me I wouldn't be good at science, and I was proud to get straight As (apart from a D in the module for organic synthesis, the subject in which I'm aiming to get a PhD). In undergrad, I was told that I didn't have much potential to work in science, and went on to get a 2:1 and MSc with distinction. Now my co-workers are telling me I've little chance of working in chemistry, and even my supervisor says I shouldn't work in the organic synthesis field I've spent the last 3 years researching....3 years of self-directed research in which I've become unmotivated, overfocused, uncreative and flaccid. 3 years I'm increasingly worried that I've misused, making myself less able to work in chemistry rather than more. I'm really not sure what future my PhD and my work have; I'm might even be starting to believe what I've been told.
When I was in secondary school, my teachers told me I wouldn't be good at science, and I was proud to get straight As (apart from a D in the module for organic synthesis, the subject in which I'm aiming to get a PhD). In undergrad, I was told that I didn't have much potential to work in science, and went on to get a 2:1 and MSc with distinction. Now my co-workers are telling me I've little chance of working in chemistry, and even my supervisor says I shouldn't work in the organic synthesis field I've spent the last 3 years researching....3 years of self-directed research in which I've become unmotivated, overfocused, uncreative and flaccid. 3 years I'm increasingly worried that I've misused, making myself less able to work in chemistry rather than more. I'm really not sure what future my PhD and my work have; I'm might even be starting to believe what I've been told.