Shouldn't be long until I'm on board. Never thought my life would be going in this direction! However, I love using my brain! I love Sweden, I love life. I posted a while back some 'clever' acronyms and have found some extra additions:
Patiently hoping for a degree (well that would be three in total.....greedy right?!)
Please hire. Desperate.
Probably heavily in debt
Probably heading for divorce (not going to happen I'm afraid!!)
Pizza hut driver (probably couldn't get a job there!!) or professional hair dresser?!
Anyways, for those who dont understand, PhD is Doctor of Philosophy (comes from Latin!). It's a doctorate, basically meaning it's the highest degree you can get. It leads to two outcomes (really): heading towards becoming a professor or sounding worse, a researcher. Either way, life is tough, long hours, crap pay and limited recognition of the hours you put in. So why? Well, because you believe in something, because as a kid you always loved doing experiments (and we are all just big kids), because life is too easy otherwise (?!), because you want to prove some people wrong, because you can.
My reasons are my own, I want to prove to myself that I can do it. Its an incredibly tough road. So, long hours, crap pay, constant failure (with experiments) , why bother? Well, when life is on a plate, it's too easy, too simple. To fight for what you want, the challenge, albeit a huge one makes life worth living. Pride is something no-one can take away from you, except yourself. I think I have the biggest chance to complete a Phd over here, working with the best in the World. To be around these people is an experience by itself, to understand the sheer brilliance of these Professors etc is something else. I will never be that dedicated, smart etc, but at least I can try.......
