One word to rule them all.
One word that summarizes where 90% of my energy goes!
The thesis work is brand new for me, and I wasn't expecting such a workload! Whereas a normal course is much simplified by the teacher's explanations, here you have to build your own knowledge by collecting data in the infinitely vast universe of the web, or the more condensed world of libraries and books. In one of them, it's all about finding the few precious stones among the multitude of rocks; in the other one, it's more about being patient enough to follow the path to the goldmine.
Per and I were very motivated about writing a thesis on the financial field, but I think we might have been to ambitious from the start. Being interested in the subprime crisis led us to try to study the limits of risk management tools in monitoring and coping with the crisis. But then further research of the theoretical field of risk management in the banking system showed us how much it is developed, and therefore how hard it is to break it down. Everytime we think we are on the right tracks, then meeting with Emeric makes us understand that our research questions have purpose or constraints issues. It gets very confusing and we struggle making the trade-off between interesting thesis and manageable thesis.
It is a hard task, but it is very interesting. I really enjoy the researches, the only problem comes from the frustration of having an idea that suits your interest. Anyway it is also funny to see how one's own discipline changes from the early days to the following weeks. The first week was about enjoying more freetime or freedom of scheduling, but then one quickly realizes that in order to be research effectively one need to wake up at 7:30 and starts studying around 8:30 till the end of the evening, while averaging 10 coffees a day. We usually meet at 9 with Per and stay all day long at the university with a confortable lunch break to rest our brains, and the study rooms of the A building are just great. The only problem is that after 9AM there is no room left! In general the A building is a very good place to study, I really enjoy it.
This week end will be about releasing some pressure as I go back to Bordeaux for 3 days in order to pick up my passeport at the townhall and do some administrative tasks. A sligthly warmer weather, some good food and then seeing my family and friends (in this order of satisfaction, ahah just kidding) are the perfect recipe to come back 100% up and about! (I feel kind of sick though... that would really be too bad !!)
Please anyone interested in some french products let me know, I will unload my winter stuff there and bring back some food in my bags !! ;)
Per and I were very motivated about writing a thesis on the financial field, but I think we might have been to ambitious from the start. Being interested in the subprime crisis led us to try to study the limits of risk management tools in monitoring and coping with the crisis. But then further research of the theoretical field of risk management in the banking system showed us how much it is developed, and therefore how hard it is to break it down. Everytime we think we are on the right tracks, then meeting with Emeric makes us understand that our research questions have purpose or constraints issues. It gets very confusing and we struggle making the trade-off between interesting thesis and manageable thesis.
It is a hard task, but it is very interesting. I really enjoy the researches, the only problem comes from the frustration of having an idea that suits your interest. Anyway it is also funny to see how one's own discipline changes from the early days to the following weeks. The first week was about enjoying more freetime or freedom of scheduling, but then one quickly realizes that in order to be research effectively one need to wake up at 7:30 and starts studying around 8:30 till the end of the evening, while averaging 10 coffees a day. We usually meet at 9 with Per and stay all day long at the university with a confortable lunch break to rest our brains, and the study rooms of the A building are just great. The only problem is that after 9AM there is no room left! In general the A building is a very good place to study, I really enjoy it.
This week end will be about releasing some pressure as I go back to Bordeaux for 3 days in order to pick up my passeport at the townhall and do some administrative tasks. A sligthly warmer weather, some good food and then seeing my family and friends (in this order of satisfaction, ahah just kidding) are the perfect recipe to come back 100% up and about! (I feel kind of sick though... that would really be too bad !!)
Please anyone interested in some french products let me know, I will unload my winter stuff there and bring back some food in my bags !! ;)
2 comments:
tu m'obliges à me replonger dans mes souvenirs pour lire tes textes en Anglais mais au bout d'un moment on s'y fait. Et puis, comme il parait que les vieux doivent faire travailler leur mémoire pour rester en forme, Merci .
Guillaume you just forgot to mention that even if you will see your family, you'll still miss adorable brother a lot !
haha take care
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