I will start with a small lyrical digression. I am really into boxing and love this kind of sport and I love people who do it. I like it not because it is so spectacular or bloody or anything else. I like it because it is the best example of courage, will-power and self-control that actually all people should possess.

However, not everybody can boast with these features of their character, which is why somebody becomes an outstanding boxer, somebody fights on the streets and somebody becomes a dumb drug-addict.

How all this can be related to writing a dissertation/thesis paper? I will tell you about the similarities and differences between boxing and dissertation/thesis paper writing.

Similarities:

1.You have to be really smart and knowledgeable both for boxing and for writing a dissertation/thesis paper. Having considerable knowledge is necessary to write a dissertation and it is clear. But what about boxing? Actually it is a real prejudice that all the boxers are stupid. To win the fight, they need to have hundreds of combinations in their head and choose the most appropriate one to get the victory.

2.Strong will-power and self-organization is necessary both for boxing and for dissertation/thesis paper. While writing a dissertation, you will face numerous problems and difficulties. And sometimes it seems you cannot move on and you are losing your heart. But like a boxer in a ring you have to collect your will in a fist, stand up and fight.

Differences:

There is one major difference about boxing and writing a dissertation. In boxing you do not have to make research, study some materials and write your work.

Anyway, despite all the similarities and differences, in both processes people have a clear aim and they do everything to accomplish it.

If you do not want to make mistakes while writing your dissertation (thesis) paper, you have to know what mistakes you could have made. You will ask us: “What for should I know it?”. We have an answer for you. In order to avoid mistakes, you have to know what to avoid. If you do not know what you should avoid, how can you avoid it? It is impossible, of course.

So, we decided to inform you about the most frequently made in dissertation (thesis) paper writing mistakes. We attribute to them the following mistakes:

• The students sometimes choose the topics which are not urgent any more, or trite. Such a topic cannot allow you to write a good dissertation (thesis) paper, because everything is already discovered by other researchers. However, we do not recommend you to choose a topic which is too urgent, because you will fail to find a background material. And, as you are not a very experienced researcher, it will be quite difficult for you to develop such a topic.
• The students have problems with structuring their dissertation (thesis) papers correctly. So, when you compose an outline of your future paper, you should check in some writing guide or consul with your supervisor if everything is correct.
• Remember that information contained in your dissertation (thesis) paper should not be plagiarized. It should be your own ideas based on some background material.
• The topic should be finally discovered, the aim has to be attained, and the tasks are to be completed.
• The dissertation (thesis) paper should be performed very literately.

When Writing your Dissertation or Thesis Paper:

1. Remember that copying from one source only is plagiarism, from 2 sources is compilation, from 3 sources is a dissertation;
2. Do not write too long sentences. You are not writing a novel, and you are not Shakespeare. Too complicated language affects your reader like a red color affects a bull;
3. The title of your dissertation is just like hat for a woman of a certain age: it should be decent, modest enough and should harmonize with its content;
4. Do not think that all around you are foolish and you are the only sagacious guy in this world. Avoid personal pronouns. Change the forthputting phrases, like “I think”, into the modest ones “As it turned to be”, “It can be considered that”;
5. Check the quality of your dissertation (thesis) paper by applying to your relatives, friends and colleagues. A good dissertation should call yawning and a deep sleep that follows yawning. The chapters calling joy, laugh, convulsions and a feeling of oppressive disturbance should be edited. Do not cheer up if your inexperienced listener says that he/she likes everything and everything is clear enough: it is one of the indicators of the possibility to be unapprehended by the dissertation or thesis committee members.

When Defending your Dissertation or Thesis Paper

1. You do not have the most dangerous enemy at your defense, than yourself. Students tend to mutilate the information accurate within the effect of a distorting mirror;
2. Repeatedly practice your speech at home. Gather a number of the most successful formulations, facts, jokes and anecdotes. Tell them as if they have just come up to your mind.

After a successfully given speech at your dissertation or thesis paper defense presentation organize a party with your friends. Good luck!

The dissertation (thesis) paper defense is such a stage of the graduating process, when a candidate is asked to prove his authorship of the dissertation (thesis) paper, and to defend the correctness of the ideas contained within the paper.

Students often feel very nervous about the dissertation (thesis) paper defense, because if they fail o pass through the defense, they will have to repeat all the stage of the dissertation (thesis) paper writing, and defend it next year. What is more, a lot of student are afraid to talk to the audience, and it is necessary to talk to the audience while defending the dissertation (thesis) paper.

We want to help you to get prepared to the dissertation (thesis) paper defense. If you want to pass successfully through the dissertation (thesis) paper defense, you should do the following:

• Read your dissertation several time and make some notes for you to remember the material better.
• Prepare a dissertation (thesis) report which would contain the basic points for defense.
• Have a little rest a day before the defense; try to unload your brain and not to thing about the coming defense.
• Relax and stop being nervous.
• Sleep well and eat well not to be tired or hungry while defending your dissertation (thesis) paper.
• Be self confident and remember that you will pass through the defense if you make the committee believe that you know everything.

Follow out recommendations, and you will not fail to pass through the dissertation (thesis) paper wth a great success.