Sunday, June 22, 2008
Is it an obsession?
One more week of intensive work is over! Sometimes it feels like I have this obsession. I wake up and before having breakfast, I turn on the computer and organize my notes for the day's work. However, I am trying my best to balance my life. So, I try to go to the gym at least twice a week and to spend time with my husband and kids. Life will continue after my dissertation, and having a happy family is at the top of my list.
During this week, chapters 5 and 6 were reviewed once more with what it seems will be the last revisions. They are now already in the editor’s hands. This leaves me the space to concentrate on Chapter 7. Theorized transcripts for this chapter are also done and analysis is on its way. The good thing is that the structure of the chapter is similar to that of the previous two, so it seems easier. What I am supposed to do now is to confirm or reject my outcomes. Still, there are a few new things that will be incorporated into the Preliminary Mathematics Discourse Model.
As I work with my data I feel more and more comfortable with it. I believe in the future I will do more qualitative research, it is so different than quantitative data, it says so much!!
During this week, chapters 5 and 6 were reviewed once more with what it seems will be the last revisions. They are now already in the editor’s hands. This leaves me the space to concentrate on Chapter 7. Theorized transcripts for this chapter are also done and analysis is on its way. The good thing is that the structure of the chapter is similar to that of the previous two, so it seems easier. What I am supposed to do now is to confirm or reject my outcomes. Still, there are a few new things that will be incorporated into the Preliminary Mathematics Discourse Model.
As I work with my data I feel more and more comfortable with it. I believe in the future I will do more qualitative research, it is so different than quantitative data, it says so much!!
