I won't be, 'cos I'm not allowed :p

But then I view myself as incapable ;-)
I'm sure we'll both get there, I just don't know how yet! :p

me too. I've done virtually nothing in the past few weeks, I don't see the point to be honest. I could and should have been done by now, but I have absolutely no motivation to finish this :-(

It's kinda complicated :-)

Most of my primary years were spent in a German school in the UK, which was private (because it was German, but it didn't cost anywhere near as much as a "proper" independent school over here would cost). After that I had 4 years at a pretty standard comprehensive, which has gone way downhill in recent years. I did fine there, and plenty of people have gone one to uni though I doubt we had many Oxbridge applicants! Anyway, the school had no sixth form so it's hard to say what people did afterwards. Probaby a fair share went on to leave school at 16.
Then went to a big college for A-levels and I hated it. I think I could have done much better at a sixth form, or smaller college. It did prepare me for uni though! I don't think going to a state school necessarily held me back - in some ways it probably helped to get into uni (I had a university give me an interview, I didn't turn up and they still offered me a place. What's the point? - they'll do anything to increase their students from non-independent school backgrounds)

Me. I have been writing up since August and have managed two full chapters. I'm a total slacker. I have 3 good days and then 2 bad weeks. My thesis just makes me want to cry :-(
I don't have a job, or the confidence to apply for one. I have had all the time in the world to write for the past few months, but I'm just wasting it all on the internet or watching daytime TV... :-s

Hi, I doing a biomedical PhD in the UK and I didn't study for any modules during my PhD. I just did research. You study all year round, i.e. you don't get the long summer holidays that you used to get as an undergrad! My uni was closed over Xmas/New year and easter though, so I took most of those days off ;-) (apart from having to look after cell cultures...). You also tend to get a certain number of days of holiday per year, at my uni it was 25 days.

I'd be more tempted to turn said avocado into guacamole and serve with copious amounts of sour cream, salsa and tortilla chips. :p

I've got the 1st one right here if you want it. Library site claims access is only from 2004, but I could access it anyway! PM me your e-mail address and I'll send it over :-)

Providing I've got the right pic/book, it's Chapter 22 "Differentiated Cells and the Maintenance of Tissues". pg 1149 :-)

Update...

Title page and Contents,Abbreviations... 90% done. (Because I need to put all the page numbers in...)

Data collection: Done
1 paper submitted and accepted.

Title Page: 0% done
Contents/Figure lists: Not done
Acknowledgements: 50% done
Introduction: 20% done
Methods: 90% done
Results Chapter 1: 99% done
Results Chapter 2: 60% done
Conclusion: 0% done

Time taken: 3 years and 5 months so far
Level of skint-ness: High. :-s

I'm sure you won't fail just for typos :-)

I'm a geek! :-) 8-)

Surely a situation like that would be against university regulations anyway (at least at my uni, it says so in the handbook).

If my boyfriend supervised me I think I would last about a day! :-)

I understand :$