http://www.clintrogersonline.com/blog/2007/10/05/day-of-defense-completing-a-doctoral-dissertation-in-finland/ Blog of P. Clint Rogers, PhD: Culture, Training, and Technology Specialist Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:09:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 http://www.clintrogersonline.com/blog/2007/10/05/day-of-defense-completing-a-doctoral-dissertation-in-finland/#comment-466 Matti Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:36:34 +0000 http://www.clintrogersonline.com/blog/2007/10/05/day-of-defense-completing-a-doctoral-dissertation-in-finland/#comment-466 Well, traditionally if an audience member asks a question, it means that this audience member wants to challenge the doctorandus' right to earn the degree. In this case, however, many of the audience members were not familiar with the Finnish system and thought that "Does anybody in the audience have any questions?" actually means that you can ask a question :-) Well, traditionally if an audience member asks a question, it means that this audience member wants to challenge the doctorandus’ right to earn the degree. In this case, however, many of the audience members were not familiar with the Finnish system and thought that “Does anybody in the audience have any questions?” actually means that you can ask a question

]]> http://www.clintrogersonline.com/blog/2007/10/05/day-of-defense-completing-a-doctoral-dissertation-in-finland/#comment-469 Clint Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:14:54 +0000 http://www.clintrogersonline.com/blog/2007/10/05/day-of-defense-completing-a-doctoral-dissertation-in-finland/#comment-469 Perhaps that is why Mikko started to look kind of tired when he had to answer so many questions from the audience! Perhaps that is why Mikko started to look kind of tired when he had to answer so many questions from the audience!

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