PhD

My experience of getting an education is it being about learning how to learn.  By the time you get to PhD well... the word doctor derives from the Latin word “docere” meaning "to. teach."  So my suggestion is that you focus on it being worth it to other people if you get the accolade.  Does it help you in learning how to help other people learn by being able to discriminate and put ideas across.   Lots of potential in PhD researching autistic characterisation in crime fiction.  So, you need to come up with something in an original way that is of interest to others - that's where the thing being worth it to other people comes in...  hehe maybe that's where having some "Patience" comes into it as well hey?   (+) Patience on Channel 4 - Miscellaneous and chat - Home - National Autistic Society - Our Community   The theory of mind / different forms of reasoning and social interaction as appear to be presented in the genre have a long history (it's elementary my dear... :-)  ) there is plenty of still evolving resource that is out there to work with.  As an autistic person I would be fascinated to know what effect on people's cognition and behaviour the genre has had and can have - does it make a difference or does it reinforce archetypes/stereotypes?  Does it then inform how to help autistic and wider society by identify and respect use of skills that come with autistic people?  Yes it'll be hard graft - there is an expression that "iron thinks itself needlessly tortured by the flame, the sword looks back and understands why..."  figure you'll know more about the answer to your question when you get there.  Going in with a goal in mind  - even if you change it along the way - can give a sense of what will be achieved.  All the best JT    :-)

My experience of getting an education is it being about learning how to learn.  By the time you get to PhD well... the word doctor derives from the Latin word “docere” meaning "to. teach."  So my suggestion is that you focus on it being worth it to other people if you get the accolade.  Does it help you in learning how to help other people learn by being able to discriminate and put ideas across.   Lots of potential in PhD researching autistic characterisation in crime fiction.  So, you need to come up with something in an original way that is of interest to others - that's where the thing being worth it to other people comes in...  hehe maybe that's where having some "Patience" comes into it as well hey?   (+) Patience on Channel 4 - Miscellaneous and chat - Home - National Autistic Society - Our Community   The theory of mind / different forms of reasoning and social interaction as appear to be presented in the genre have a long history (it's elementary my dear... :-)  ) there is plenty of still evolving resource that is out there to work with.  As an autistic person I would be fascinated to know what effect on people's cognition and behaviour the genre has had and can have - does it make a difference or does it reinforce archetypes/stereotypes?  Does it then inform how to help autistic and wider society by identify and respect use of skills that come with autistic people?  Yes it'll be hard graft - there is an expression that "iron thinks itself needlessly tortured by the flame, the sword looks back and understands why..."  figure you'll know more about the answer to your question when you get there.  Going in with a goal in mind  - even if you change it along the way - can give a sense of what will be achieved.  All the best JT    :-)

hehe sorry clearly got Martin  's research study too much in mind when replying - hehe failure in type1 thinking!  ... I don't want to steal your idea or increase the risk of that happening - nonetheless I'd be interested to know what general order of thing it is that is lighting your academic interest up.  Can you share it please?

Thanks Phased, interesting take and some good advice