The joys of working on a dissertation - are there any? Yes, as much as the editing and revising, not to mention the deletion of hours of work that now doesn't seem to fit, there is joy to be found. One more revision and hopefully you are one step closer to completion! Is that possible? I believe so or why would I be doing this? Is there any wonder that the Ed. D. is considered a terminal degree? Not if you have worked on one!