On 22-2-2009 20:47, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> 
> Heh. My mum's first reaction was "and what are you going to do after 
> that?" Not that my mum's opinion is especially important. I was just 
> wondering how much she'd freak out. ;-)

Wrong question. If you know that there is no need to do the PhD because 
you already know what will come out of your studies. It is precisely 
this where a PhD differs from a e.g. a BSc.

>> It doesn't matter if you finish or not, any more than running a 
>> marathon is about whether you come in first.
> 
> I never understood this... The ENTIRE POINT of a marathon is to finish 
> it! How is not finishing it still OK? Weird people...

With a PhD, people know you have been trough the process. Just as with a 
marathon the only important thing about having finished one is that that 
signifies that you have run an entire one. The actual moment of 
finishing itself is actually not important.

>> That's fair.  Part of the fun is living in a different country, mind. 
>> (Not that I did, but ...)   I can completely understand if it isn't 
>> fun, tho. Do take advantage of the fact that you speak one of the 
>> languages that ran rampant all over the world not too long ago, so you 
>> can get by language-wise pretty much anywhere. China was the only 
>> place I've been that people generally didn't know enough English to 
>> get by.
> 
> Ah. Is *that* why every country in the EU speaks English, but the 
> English can't speak any damned language except English? :-} I often 
> wonder about that...
> 
Well, there are the French of course as a counterexample.

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