#im not an imposter im not cheating im not lying im following guidelines and instructions and i AM CREATING NEW MATERIAL im literally fine | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

daddy-socrates · 2 years

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i keep worrying that i'm cheating on my thesis, which is silly because literally all but one of my professors have instructed me to write their term papers as if it were a chapter of my thesis, and to orient it toward my thesis as best i could

so like, i did

and my advisor has literally told me with her mouth-words that i should copy and paste as much as i can and use those sections as foundation for my thesis project, as long as i expand upon my previous content and make sure im displaying my understanding properly as well as making everything fit cohesively with my theme. (obviously)

but every time i copy a chunk over, EVEN THOUGH i have had to effectively REWRITE like 80% of what i've salvaged, im like aw shit. i'm cheating at grad school

#blah blah blah #thesisposting #hm. new tag unlocked #like i dont need to be this anxious!!#i guess because i am not actively conjuring up 80 pages of original thought all by myself with citations but no quotes. is that it?#flsdkjg the section i've been working on went from 'shrug emoji here are Some things i might say' to 1200 words #many of which are quotes and citations. but Many More of which are original or editing my past self's comparatively immature writing #im not an imposter im not cheating im not lying im following guidelines and instructions and i AM CREATING NEW MATERIAL im literally fine #if i say it enough i will come to believe it!!

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