Any one done a degree?

stork100 · 08-30-19, 07:58 AM

Legendary advice Platapus, if I may say so Sir. I'm currently undergoing a thing called a 'Tertiary Preparation Program', which will get me entry into the film degree I want to get into. It's all about how to write and structure essays in the proper academic way etc. Everything you say is 100%. The assessment rubric is God for the academic student wanting to survive the trench warfare of tertiary education, or whatever you call it over there. Keeping your head down, complying and remembering what you're fighting for is what it's all about. Tough gig, for anyone with half a brain.

Kapitan · 08-31-19, 07:31 PM

Wow thank you a lot platapus !!!

I’m looking to do my masters after and possibly a PHD if I don’t get my brain after all this 😂

Platapus · 09-03-19, 04:23 PM

Friends don't let friends get PhDs.

It's too late for me. Save yourself. Better off getting multiple master's degrees that complement each other.

Red October1984 · 09-06-19, 03:35 PM

I'm 3/5 of the way through my Mining Engineering degree.

I haven't written anything.

I took literature, political science, etc. Never wrote a thing.

If you become an engineer I guess they just assume you don't need to write, haha.

From a fellow student to another, good luck in all your studies!

Kapitan · 09-08-19, 04:51 PM

I wouldn't mind doing a history one after this but i think i will pass and continue to do masters and then if i can a PHD, i got a long way to go but i know eventually i will get there!

Im in my 30's so my goal is by my late 30's to achieve atleast the masters if i dont do PHD

But thanks everyone for the help much appreciated

Platapus · 07-12-20, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Kenadar

I'm in grad school now, the future PhD.

You poor soul.

Don't worry, many people overcome grad school and go on to be happy productive members of society.

Thoughts and prayers.

Platapus · 07-21-20, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Kenadar

... I've heard a lot of information from my classmates about going to the website papersowl.com and paying for a research paper. I don't know how I feel about it, because I understand that if I don't have time to do everything in time, I will have to go to them, but on the other hand, I want to write my own research paper. What's your advice, friends?

Don't buy papers and don't plagiarize.

The advent of the Internets Tubes has made it easy to plagiarize or buy papers... it also makes it easy to find out who is doing it. If you can find a site to buy a paper, your school probably already knows about it. The schools also use plagiarize detection software/sites where they can have your writing scanned.

The Frau used to be an adjunct professor at a small university. One of her students turned in a "suspicious" paper. It took her about 30 minutes to find the website where the student purchased the paper.

A large part about earning a degree has to do with integrity.

Please allow me to share my favorite quote about integrity.

If you have integrity, nothing else matters
If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters

Allen K Simpson quoted in Eyewitness to Power (2001) by David Gergen

skidman · 07-21-20, 05:27 PM

Quote:

If you have integrity, nothing else matters
If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters

Good one, thanks for sharing.

08-31-19, 07:31 PM	#2
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,131 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	Wow thank you a lot platapus !!! I’m looking to do my masters after and possibly a PHD if I don’t get my brain after all this 😂 __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

09-03-19, 04:23 PM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,382 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Friends don't let friends get PhDs. It's too late for me. Save yourself. Better off getting multiple master's degrees that complement each other. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

09-06-19, 03:35 PM	#4
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	I'm 3/5 of the way through my Mining Engineering degree. I haven't written anything. I took literature, political science, etc. Never wrote a thing. If you become an engineer I guess they just assume you don't need to write, haha. From a fellow student to another, good luck in all your studies! __________________

09-08-19, 04:51 PM	#5
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,131 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	I wouldn't mind doing a history one after this but i think i will pass and continue to do masters and then if i can a PHD, i got a long way to go but i know eventually i will get there! Im in my 30's so my goal is by my late 30's to achieve atleast the masters if i dont do PHD But thanks everyone for the help much appreciated __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

08-30-19, 07:58 AM	#1
stork100 Weps Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Australia Posts: 371 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Legendary advice Platapus, if I may say so Sir. I'm currently undergoing a thing called a 'Tertiary Preparation Program', which will get me entry into the film degree I want to get into. It's all about how to write and structure essays in the proper academic way etc. Everything you say is 100%. The assessment rubric is God for the academic student wanting to survive the trench warfare of tertiary education, or whatever you call it over there. Keeping your head down, complying and remembering what you're fighting for is what it's all about. Tough gig, for anyone with half a brain.