Yes, it's my thesis and yes, I got sucked into reading part of the intro.
Even though I haven't had any formal education past my MA, the five (five!) years between then and now have made me see a few things about my thesis more clearly:
Theoretical immaturity? Check!
Lots of unfounded assumptions? Check!
Typos? Check!
It's funny what time can do. I don't necessarily feel bad about these realizations, but I also don't want this to be my last "published" (free or not) work. We'll see what the next five years bring . . .
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Yes, education continues, in school or out.
Mine popped up in a similar way (via Google) awhile back, and I had the same feelings. Maybe because I've spent the intervening years teaching writing, but the formatting was what drove me nuts (captions? what captions?).
On the other hand, I did still think it was pretty good on a re-read. I certainly haven't produced anything as sophisticated since, even though I can see its flaws. I've just spent the last 5 years grading lousy student papers...
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