Be A Butterfly Catcher!
You're into your PhD research. Your idea for PhD research was born out of other ideas which came from giants who have created since the beginning of the world. You are brimming with ideas and subjects for your PhD research. But the actual PhD research takes a lot more effort and time than you ever imagined. So how does one go about entering PhD research? Where does one go? What sparks off the idea for PhD research? What should be the PhD research subject? If you have some of these questions about your PhD research, never fear, for this is your opportunity to become a professional PhD researcher. Students from all levels of research succumb to the pull of the PhD research. Different talents are expressed when researching different theses and different methods are used for these. For example, we all know how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich...but does the peanut butter go on first? The jelly? Maybe you like crunchy peanut butter...or organic. Maybe you add bananas. Everyone has their own flair, which they use in the field of PhD research. The stages of your PhD research are put into four steps. The first stage of PhD research is the know-it-all stage. You are superior to your classmates and you feel ready for your challenge and fit the name sophomore, "wise fool". Then comes the totally beaten up stage of your PhD research - you are without words and the faculty now can actually communicate with you, knowing you won't try to one up them in every subject. The third stage is the thoughtful confidence build up stage. This is where you realize you actually know something about your subject and begin arguing with your faculty. Then comes the calling-the-shots stage of your PhD research, meaning you are competent in your PhD research and will fight for your propositions and beliefs. Next, we go through the mechanics of building on PhD research. There's a selection of area and a selection of an advisor - both very important parts of your genesis. It is becoming a researcher which becomes the topic of our conversation. First you build up your confidence in a certain arena. You become well-versed in the strings which entangle the general arena of PhD research. You know the topics of conversation and important questions in that area. To be a PhD researcher, you must become like a butterfly hunter. You never know when that butterfly will land, so you better be ready with the net to pounce! Do not let an idea or question flutter by, because you never know what you are missing. Find out from colleagues or professors what kinds of PhD research papers broke the glass ceiling in conferences, thus discovering what makes good research. Be a reference tracker as well, following various interesting PhD research papers until you've found that most ideal one for which you were searching long and tirelessly! Tread bare the carpets of your library, draining the wells of knowledge for your PhD research. Become friends with all the interlibrary loan folks. Whisper your ideas to yourself until you fall asleep with your face against the page. Like Horace Mann famously said, "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity." Apply for your PhD research now and reap its multifarious benefits for a lifetime! |
