Disputation anxiety

[frualeydis]

I am so bloody nervous! My stomach is in a knot and I can't think clear.

Comments

[mirazandar.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Are you afraid of fucking up, or just afraid of the whole situation?

Cause you seem to know all about this. I'm sure it's going to go well.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

The whole situation. I think I will do a good enough job defending it, but what if he thinks it's crap?

/Eva

[ginger-dragon.livejournal.com]

*HUGS*

[therru.livejournal.com]

I have no doubt you are going to pass with flying colours! You will be the sensation of the century and you will get millions of requests for your book, and become disgustingly rich and live in a medieval castle with your doting husband and lots of handsome, chivalrous young men who will give up their entire lives to serve you. And we will all be so proud that we knew you before you were famous.

[joyeuse60.livejournal.com]

You will wonderfully. What you have to keep in mind is that your professor would not have agreed to the disputation if he thought that you would fail. The fact is you have passed already...the only thing they want is a final chance to exaqmine you.

In my day when I went through it, the object of the disputation was for the examinors to question you round table until you finally reached a question you could not answer. It was a matter of pride among my fellow students as to how long one could make it past an hour of non-stop questioning. I didn't break the record but I did come within five minutes of it.

So don't worry you have passed already ... go and enjoy... you will be fine!!!

[m-nivalis.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, it'll be fine!

Have a go at this one for a while and see if you don't feel better.

[ragnvaeig.livejournal.com]

I was nearly ready to be sick when I was dismissed from mine! It's a terrifying experience, but several whiskeys afterward make it rather better. I wish you a better time than I had last week.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

What happened?
Didn't it go well?

/Eva

[missrebeckah.livejournal.com]

relax dear. You know your stuff and all you can do is present it the best you can. I wish you calm and peacefull vibes.

[myralea.livejournal.com]

remember you know your subject better than anyone else, as you've dedicated quite some years to it!

i'm sure it will go splendid.

/m

[chigrima.livejournal.com]

I probably shouldn't tell you about my cousin's disputation... not that it didn't go well, it's just that he can't remember it. Half that day is just a big blank in his memory, he says. So I belive you then you say you are wildldy nervous, and wish you all luck! :-)

[nazgman.livejournal.com]

I tend not to be nervous, but was just the hours/minutes before the start of my disputation. But once we started all that dropped away, and it was just me and the opponent, and we had a great time together.

You spent years and years studying your topic, you're the expert. If the opponent(s) have questions it's because you were not clear enough in your thesis, and they were not smart enough to follow your line of thought without the extra explanation you'll supply at the defence.

The fun questions are the ones where they *do* catch your drift, and give it a nice spin and together with you explore parts of the work you have not touched upon. See it as a duel, thrusts, parries and feignts. You get to deal them as much as they do!

[amonik.livejournal.com]

I'll bring pom-poms.