Thesis Dilemma

For students, especially graduate students, such questions often arise, especially when they are doing research or writing a thesis in the completion of their final project. Confusion often arises when their supervisor or promoter start to ask, where their research position according to the art of study and their respective fields.

Perhaps we wonder, how can a doctoral candidate cannot distinguish between what is thesis and what is dissertation. Apparently there are many doctoral candidates who do not understand what the purpose or philosophy of higher education. And no wonder when many people flocked to continue his formal education to both master and doctoral levels, they do not know to what they are actually doing it.

To my knowledge, when someone wants to set thesis topic, then they must understand the state of the art of discipline that he was in? The point is that the thesis later can contribute to the science development, as indeed it ought to be the task of a doctoral candidate. As a consequence they had to read in full, basic and advanced text book on science disciplines, as well as read hundreds of the latest journals of the science discipline, so that it has a clear and correct map to the writing.

Creating thesis is very tiring. We not only need to be able to write it, but also the ability to design writing and mastery of the knowledge is the main factor in making of thesis. Writing thesis is different from writing novels. If writing novel or fiction simply by exploring the author's imagination only, then the thesis is not just imagination. It may even be that there is no imagination in the thesis writing. Writing thesis is to spread knowledge, and that knowledge will be used by humans in their life. Therefore, writing the thesis must be zero mistakes.

Can students write their own thesis? I think not. The student needs help. This help includes the research team, writer team, and writing tutors. The research team is usually a few people who have same knowledge and interest. The research team is a field officer who carried out the orders and requests from the author. The writer team is the ones who collect the data and make writing drafts. Tutors are person who has a higher knowledge. These tutors or supervisor must have the same knowledge and expertise with the author main interest.