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Hi All, I have 3 supervisors (complicated story) who all attend every supervision which are currently every 3 - 4 weeks. I am also expected to submit a 20 page paper for each supervision. In addition to this, I was also required to complete a Social Research Methods Masters Cert. in the 1st 9 months of PhD (just completed). Needless to say I am overwhelmed. I am not reading enough, but also seem to write very slowly and according to my 3rd supervisor very badly. I agree I am not being very analytical. But it has reached the stage where I feel all I am doing is writing very badly written supervision papers that do not progress my thinking much and then being told in my supervisions that they're not good enough. I know I should be reading more and I need time to just get my head around that and concentrate on pulling my literature review together, but instead I feel I have to service these supervision papers all the time - HELP. Is this normal? If not, what do I do? I am now petrified of supervisions, when I know they should be the place where I am learning. I feel like a pathetic failure right now. I am 9 months, btw, doing a sociology PhD.
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