I have been very busy today…

This morning when the rain stopped I did a short run. 4.1KM at about 8.9 KM/H. Not sure exactly how long it took but you can do the math! I was fairly well exhaused after that – not particularly out of breath but exhausted. I have the GPS log but it is more of the same. It was a bit humid really to be running – the temperature was not that bad.

Long time readers have known that my mother has been working on her Doctorate in Education for some time. Well, just after new year she found out that the examiners had decided to not pass her. Well, one examiner from Stanford said it was groundbreaking work. Then two locals who did not really know the area decided that it needed a lot of work to bring it closer to their view of the world. So the uni decided to take the view of two over one, even though they colluded on their reports and did not include the third person – which was the normal practice when there is collusion.

After a couple of months my mother has heard about the results of her ‘unofficial’ appeal, and they want lots of changes in areas that she does not want to make changes. I got the fax when I was out earlier and had my laptop on whilst grabbing lunch (I get my faxes emailed to me). The response was basically not only did your appeal fail but we have a huge list of things we want to change… and by the way, blame the examiner who said that you should pass since he should have written a longer recommendation.

As you might guess, her response was ‘Stuff You’. She has decided to pull out, but will not be telling them for quite some time. ARGH. I am sure that the Professor from Stanford will not be happy when he sees what they said about him!