Has finally finished her PhD thesis... after months of long nights,too many ciggies,crap food and very,very little sleep. The next step is her viva-oral defense of her subject- in a few months time.
I just thought I'd be a proud mum. :-)
The trick in successfully getting through a viva, as I found out, is to write your thesis on a subject which the examiner knows absolutely nothing about. (In my case, diophantine equations). That way it's almost impossible for them to trip you up during the viva ;-)
The viva, depends on who examines her, believe me.....I got someone from whom I had borrowed his raw mapping data back in the mid-60s, a Prof at Glasgow Uni....the Viva Voce went on 4 hours, the first 45 minutes in the examination room, the rest in the pub - and I was the last interviewee of the day, for good reason, his reason.