Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Thoughts on Grad School (Part 3 of Many)

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Introducing....

THE INVISIBLE ADVISER!

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...ABLE TO ADVISE GRAD STUDENTS WITHOUT THEM EVER SETTING FOOT INSIDE HIS OFFICE!

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...DROPPING DOUGLAS ADAMS REFERENCES WITHOUT BATTING AN EYE!

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...CAPABLE ONLY OF COMMENTING ON FULL LaTeX DOCUMENTS WITH ENOUGH MERIT TO BE PUBLISHED!

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...AGREEING TO GROUP MEETINGS ONLY WHEN AN ADVISEE HAS PROVEN TO HAVE IDEAS OF INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND IS WILLING TO PRESENT THEM!

*symbols crash to the floor*

...FAILING TO ADVISE. PERIOD!

"To paraphrase Douglas Adams, you are not merely "professional thinkers"; you are research assistants -- paid to
think, yes, but also to translate these thoughts into publishable pages of LaTeX."




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