Dear FOXY...

If there's anyone on this Forum or OLO, who could successfully achieve a Doctorate, it's you FOXY ! I've done several University courses and I found the experience fascinating !

My first experience of University, would've no doubt produced a real laugh. Day one we were to assemble in the 'old' law lecture theatre at 10 o'clock for the first lecture. Being late February, it was still quite hot, so I wore a shirt and tie minus my coat. I was a detective in those days, and there were minimum standards of dress.

Anyway after arriving there, I was met with this unruly 'gaggle' of people sporting beards, long hair, canvas shoulder bags etc. and here's me neatly dressed in a tie ? My initial introduction to our first lecturer, entailed being confronted by this middle aged bloke, wearing old green jeans, shirt tails outside those jeans, pony tail and was generally rumpled. Yet I was totally amazed by this bloke's immense knowledge of the criminal law (as any decent LL.M should be) and from that moment on, I was besotted by the whole University experience.

All three courses that I did (individual Units only, at different times, at different Uni's) though all examinable, they did not confer any sort of degree status. Each course was of a full term duration, just sufficient to give me a thorough exposure to all the vagaries of University life, and I embraced it completely !

You'd be know stranger to academic life FOXY as evidenced by the quality and superiority of many of your different 'threads'. Though, some of what you've said, I've disagreed with you vehemently ? That aside, the calibre and merit of much of your analysis and inquiry, reveals that you've achieved an eclectic spectrum of tertiary qualifications, that are both comprehensive and broad.

Therefore any future antagonists you may have, would be well advised to exercise great care if he or she wishes to engage in any adversarial debate concerning whatever topic there is that's currently under discussion ?

GOOD LUCK & THANK YOU FOXY !

Dear O Sung Wu,

I can identify with your description of your first
days at uni. My father had bought for me a magnificent
very expensive coat (beautiful, elegant, reversible)
to wear to uni. He was proud of his little girl.
I ended up swapping it for a sort of hoodie-type jacket
that everyone was wearing back then - without telling
my dad. The girl who got my expensive coat was obviously
far more clever than I was. When I asked for a swap back -
I of-course was told where to go. That girl and my coat
later disappeared from my class and I was stuck with
wearing the hoodie for the rest of winter that year.

Thank you for your well-wishes. I haven't decided whether
to study yet. It's a big decision - and one I'm not yet
so sure of. I don't know if I'm prepared to make that
commitment. I have to give it a great deal more thought.

Dear FOXY...

Whatever decision you may choose to make I'm sure it will be correct ? It's my understanding (usually quite erroneous) but a PhD generally involves a supervised thesis, and much of it can be undertaken at home ? Obviously you would know far more about the mechanics of it all than I, but the need to travel often to the actual campus is lessened if that's any help to you FOXY ?

Furthermore being a well qualified Librarian, means you'd know precisely how to access the various references you've been given, in order to tease out all the various passages, ratifications, excerpts and citations necessary for your thesis ?

And I'd have to agree, should you undertake such an academic odyssey, nothing less than total commitment would be required ? You'd know that better than anyone I would expect, 'Doctor FOXY' ?

Best of luck whatever your decision may be !

Dear O Sung Wu,

Thank You.

All The Best.