For many graduate students, a thesis presentation is the same stressful and daunting experience as writing the thesis itself.
 
However, we are glad to share some exclusive tips with you on how to make your thesis presentation less painful and even funny.
 
So, this is what you can do to reduce stress and save your nerves during the thesis presentation.
 

1. Wear a clown costume, a funny nose, a pink wig, and big clown shoes.
2. Bring funny hats for all committee members and ask them to wear those hats.
3. Detonate a hand-made explosive device just in the middle of your thesis presentation.
4. Give your thesis presentation speech using an unusual accent, e.g. Chinese.
5. Bring a friend with you and ask him/her to ask you some complicated question after your thesis presentation is finished. Then, “kill” him/her for asking such stupid question (sure with an unreal gun).
6. Stand on the table and give your thesis presentation speech from there or just perform some exotic dance and continue your thesis defense.
7. Ask several cheerleader friends to come and support you.
8. Do not answer questions until the committee members phrase them as rhymes.
9. Finally, bring a bottle of wine and glasses and suggest a drink for a successful thesis presentation.

Sure, we are just kidding, and you can read these pieces of advice before your thesis presentation to smile and calm down a little. In reality, the whole process will definitely be more serious, and hardly will there be any time for making fun. Yet, if you are a real expert in your topic and you have spent enough time to prepare for the defense, you will get through it without troubles.
 

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In one of the songs about peace, the singer Tom Paxton says “let it begin with me”. Is not it a thought-provoking idea to disclose in your essay about violence? Or, do you want to prepare your essay on violence in some other way?
 
Well, let us guess. At a glance, there is a wide range of topics to consider in essays on violence, e.g.:

• media violence essays;
• essays on violence in video games;
• home violence;
• school violence, and so on.

So, you want to cover one of those ideas in the essay on violence. Not a bad choice, but are you sure your paper will make any difference? Nowadays, people talk too much about violence in various fields of our life. Everybody understands that it is an acute problem. Yet, can all those talks stop violence and help to solve the problem? Do these heated debates help us to get the origins of violence, to see its “real face”?
 
What we suggest you do is write essays about violence that will be more than mere talking and debating. There are plenty of interesting and even provocative questions that you can ask and answer in your essay on violence. Here are several examples for you:

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