Action Research Proposal

I just finished amassing a 50 page monster of a research project on using word study with 2nd grade ESOL readers. In education I suppose this paper is the equivalent to the thesis that scientists have to write at the end of their master's degrees. (Although D told me he didn't actually gather data or anything for his...so there! My partner and I gathered tons of freakin' data.)

Daniel was completely selfless in helping me analyze the data, something for which I was not prepared and have little capacity for. He was able to make inferences about outliers (students who didn't do well on the assessments and messed up our data trends) and helped me with numerous tables this semester. Turns out I can't use excel as well as I thought. Anyway, I found this list on a facebook page and thought it really funny considering I spent the last 3 1/2 months writing this stuff. I'm pretty sure I used a few of these...

I am so grateful that I will never have to do something like this again and that this as about as scientific as I will ever get in my life. For this reason alone I will never get a Ph.D.

** A brief guide to scientific literature **
It has long been known == I haven’t bothered to check the references.
It is known == I believe.
It is believed == I think.
It is generally believed == My colleagues and I think.
There has been some discussion == Nobody agrees with me.
It can be shown == Take my word for it
It is proven == It agrees with something mathematical.
Of great theoretical importance == I find it interesting.
Of great practical importance == This justifies my employment.
Some samples were chosen for study == The others didn't make sense.
Typical results are shown == The best results are shown.
Correct within order of magnitude == Wrong.
The values were obtained empirically == The values were obtained by accident.
The results are inconclusive == The results seem to disprove my hypothesis.
Additional work is required == Someone else can work on the details.
It might be argued that == I have a good answer to this objection.
The investigations proved rewarding == My grant has been renewed.
Synthesized according to standard protocols == Purchased