After receiving the news that I had been accepted into the EdD program. I am halfway through my doctoral course work, and I have hit a wall of stress, fear, and frustration. I realize that my classes won't go on forever. Soon, I am going to be an "expert" in an area. I will have to design a study (and my shaky stats knowledge has got me quaking). I will have to gain entrance to a research site or sites. I will have to conduct my research ethically. I will have to run the right analyses and draw the correct conclusions. I know that my dissertation won't change the world. I am aware that no one will likely read it aside from my dissertation chair and perhaps my mother. I know that the best dissertation is a done one. I realize that the dissertation is not the end of my scholarly quest but rather the beginning. However, I am stuck at point A. Before I do research, etc., I have to find a topic. Then I have to narrow that topic. I have to do a literat
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