It's a fine sunny day in the forest, and a rabbit is sitting outside his burrow, tippy-tapping on his typewriter. Along comes a fox, out for a walk.
Fox: "What are you working on?"
Rabbit: "My thesis."
Fox: "Hmmm. What's it about?"
Rabbit: "Oh, I'm writing about how rabbits eat foxes."
Fox: "That's ridiculous! Any fool knows that rabbits don't eat foxes."
Rabbit: "Sure they do, and I can prove it. Come with me."
They both disappear into the rabbit's burrow. After a few minutes, the rabbit returns, alone, to his typewriter and resumes typing.
Soon, a wolf comes along and stops to watch the hardworking rabbit.
Wolf: "What's that you're writing?"
Rabbit: "I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat wolves."
Wolf: "You don't expect to get such rubbish published, do you?"
Rabbit: "No problem. Do you want to see why?"
The rabbit and the wolf go into the burrow, and again the rabbit returns by himself, after a few minutes, and goes back to typing.
Inside the rabbit's burrow: In one corner, there is a pile of fox bones. In another corner, a pile of wolf bones. On the other side of the room, a huge lion is belching and picking his teeth.
It doesn't matter what you choose for a thesis subject.
It doesn't matter what you use for data.
What does matter is who you have for a thesis advisor.
這是一個陽光燦爛的晴朗日子，森林裡一隻小兔子坐在洞穴外，在打字機上敲敲打打。這時一隻散步的狐狸走了過來。
狐狸：“你在做什麼呢?”
兔子：“寫我的論文。”
狐狸：“唔，是關於什麼的?”
兔子：“噢，我在寫兔子是怎樣吃掉狐狸的。”
狐狸：“你太搞笑了吧!誰都知道兔子不吃狐狸。”
兔子：“兔子當然吃，我能證明的。跟我來。”
它們一起消失在兔子的洞穴裡，幾分鐘後只有兔子獨自出來了。它回到打字機前繼續敲打。
很快，一隻狼走了過來，停下看著兔子奮力工作。
狼：“你在寫什麼呢?”
兔子：“我在寫論文，關於兔子如何吃掉狼。”
狼：“你不會指望這種垃圾論文被髮表吧!”
兔子：“能發表，你想知道為什麼嗎?”
兔子和狼一起進了洞穴，而兔子又一次獨自走了出來。幾分鐘後它繼續打字。
兔子洞穴裡：一個角落裡是一堆狐狸骨頭，另一角落裡是一堆狼骨頭。而另一側是一隻獅子，它邊打著飽嗝，邊剔著牙齒。
論文的'題目選什麼無關緊要。
你用什麼作為例證資料也無關緊要。
真正重要的是：你的論文導師是誰!