Thesis defense, part 2.
Jul. 27th, 2007 01:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brooksmosesDone. Have passed.
It was fun. I'd practiced enough that the presentation went smoothly and I actually had enough time at the end to expand things out a bit. And the closed question-session part afterwards was quite good; the questions were all asked from curiousity and wanting to understand things rather than only to test me, and I got a sense that the people on my committee felt that I'd done good and important work -- and that they'd thought about it and understood what I'd done.
Am rather sleepy now. Will post more later. Right now, I just want to say "thank you" to all of you who sent well-wishes and encouragement, and to all of you who took time out of your Friday mornings to show up and be supportive. It meant a lot.
It was fun. I'd practiced enough that the presentation went smoothly and I actually had enough time at the end to expand things out a bit. And the closed question-session part afterwards was quite good; the questions were all asked from curiousity and wanting to understand things rather than only to test me, and I got a sense that the people on my committee felt that I'd done good and important work -- and that they'd thought about it and understood what I'd done.
Am rather sleepy now. Will post more later. Right now, I just want to say "thank you" to all of you who sent well-wishes and encouragement, and to all of you who took time out of your Friday mornings to show up and be supportive. It meant a lot.
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Date: 2007-07-27 08:32 pm (UTC)We are all, of course, pleased but not surprised.
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Date: 2007-07-27 08:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-27 08:45 pm (UTC)Yay! Congratulations. "Fun" was the big surprise from my own defence too. Sleep well.
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Date: 2007-07-27 08:48 pm (UTC)Yay for curious questions! (After that one at the open part, I was kind of nervous on your behalf about that bit.)
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Date: 2007-07-27 09:30 pm (UTC)Would have liked to be there the open session, but I was up during the night with the headache, and not feeling fit to drag myself over to Stanford in time. A pity, as it sounded interesting.
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Date: 2007-07-27 09:31 pm (UTC)See that line of rodents, all decked out in mortarboards and academic gowns?
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Date: 2007-07-27 09:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-27 10:07 pm (UTC)Well defended!
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Date: 2007-07-27 11:30 pm (UTC)Conga Rats!
Date: 2007-07-27 11:38 pm (UTC)OK, there are the silly rats for you. Adding a slightly serious note, I'm delighted for you. Yay Doctor Moses!
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Date: 2007-07-27 11:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-28 01:02 am (UTC)(When I saw this post in my flist, I broke out into actual, spontaeous applause and cheering, startling Danny into asking WTF? When I told him, he began to cheer as well. Thought you'd like to know. :) )
Yay!
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Date: 2007-07-28 02:26 am (UTC)(In a month or so, I'll start muttering at you about Uru again. I figure you might have recovered by then. ;)
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