Dissertations

As a "student assistant" in the Special Collections and Archives department of the main library on campus, I have the right to say how much I'm starting to despise dealing with dissertations. For anyone that doesn't know what a dissertation is, it's basically a really big essay students write, not necessary to get published by some companies, but mainly to get their masters or doctorate in whatever field they're shooting for. Correct me if I'm wrong.

It's funny that I'm dreading filing these immensely written essays before actually writing one myself. Come senior year or so, I'll probably have to write one of these babies (masters or doctorate). That's a scary thought.

Back to work in about a half hour...hopefully I won't have to deal with them today. The process of filing them is a definite time consume. I wish there was an easier way to get them organized. I've been programmed to be super anal when I have projects like that at work, I have a system of my own to get things organized. I think I've alphabetized piles and piles of papers in different stacks and then put them all into a master stack. My co-worker thinks I'm nuts. She was joking that I was literally trying to re-create the Egyptian pyramids with all those yellow envelopes of dissertations. I want a challenge to do at work!

BTW: (If you're reading this) I hope you feel better Lewis!