``i seriously wonder IF there is an economic incentive to the phud. with a kid to raise and send to college in a few years, plus more down the road, i think i'd be better of economically saying "screw academia!" i love what i do now, i get to write and do cool things with grahics programs. nothing is ever the same and i can do all sorts of creative things AND use the theories and stuff i learned in grad school. if i miss teaching i can adjunct, teach adults at a prison, etc.'' kelley
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Kelley,
Just for the record, as I said a couple of years ago. Write the fucking thesis---quit stalling around.
Like the straw man in Wizard of Oz, you don't need a brain, you need a diploma.
It may not mean much economically, but it means something IF you ever want to do research on a grant, manage a project, or teach in a community or city college out here. You also need it to write books that claim to be Sociology. I don't know what a PhD means in the social sciences. In the physical and biological sciences, it is an absolute entrance requirement. No PhD, no science, period.
Chuck Grimes