the blue book-bound manuscript does not define you

finally, finally, thesis is officially over. after months of sleepless nights, suppressed temper and hard work, our efforts have finally paid off. never mind that we're slightly behind the minimum to be a candidate for best thesis, all i'm really happy about is that we can all be at peace once again.

although it's a bummer that some wonderful people i know have to suffer just because their panelists are way over the top when it comes to critiquing a manuscript. i mean, you do not really have to put the students in such a terrible situation, considering that there are deadlines for the grades, right? why don't they just give a grade they think the students deserve after doing all the revisions they had set, and everyone could finally be free. it's a done deal and everyone walks free feeling a bit better than the former scenario.