Word: thesising
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I recently handed in my senior thesis. Yep. Finished that thesis. It's done, and I'm happy. Yep, happy is me, yessiree.
No, that's a lie. I'm inconsolable. I miss the purpose and certainty my thesis provided. I was never bored when it was around. I always had something to do. Everything was so clear then, and now it's all confusing. I'm adrift without direction or companionship.
I miss it, Norma. I miss its cute bibliography with second-line indentation. Its table of contents was adorable. The introduction was a gentle tease, telling me where we were going but not how we were going to get there. I love my thesis, Norma. I am nothing without it...
And the new veterans' advice to future thesis-writers?
"The thesis-writing process is important as a capstone experience to undergraduates in general and History and Literature concentrators in particular," Tompkins says. "It gives them a chance to apply the skills they have acquired in the past two years."