"Maybe I’ve been in school too long; doctoral study has a way of turning your head into a never-ending seminar, and I’m now capable of having complicated, inconclusive thoughts about nearly any subject."
— Rothman, Joshua
Author
Date
April 23, 2013
Metaphor
"Maybe I’ve been in school too long; doctoral study has a way of turning your head into a never-ending seminar, and I’m now capable of having complicated, inconclusive thoughts about nearly any subject."
Metaphor in Context
Maybe I’ve been in school too long; doctoral study has a way of turning your head into a never-ending seminar, and I’m now capable of having complicated, inconclusive thoughts about nearly any subject. But advice helps people when they are making rational decisions, and the decision to go to grad school in English is essentially irrational. In fact, it’s representative of a whole class of decisions that bring you face to face with the basic unknowability and uncertainty of life.
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Joshua Rothman, "The Impossible Decision," in The New Yorker Blog: Page Turner (April 23, 2013), <Link to New Yorker>
Date of Entry
04/25/2013
