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somedaysitry · 11 months
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It's so sad how abusive supervisors and toxic grad school environments shrink our dreams. I started this doctoral degree wanting to make a difference, do great research, be a good teacher and mentor to my undergrads, and lead my own lab one day.
After almost five years, I don't care about publications or making a scientific breakthrough anymore. Now I just want to make it out of here alive and find a quiet gig in tech where I'm not constantly fighting to be treated like a human being worthy of dignity and resources.
How much has science been set back because potentially solid researchers get stymied by the graduate school process and then bullied out of academia?
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polyproticamory-phd · 9 months
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I'm truly tricking myself into being reading for comps by organizing everything into a syllabus and pretending my reading lists are a class I have to take.
This was the advice that the grad chair of my department gave us, and I love her and trust her advice, but I also cannot believe that this is kind of working.
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mumble-muse · 4 days
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waiting to start my viva and I feel like I'm gonna be sick
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seasage-phd · 1 year
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Let me be honest. I have not been productive today. I'm actually having a very hard time focussing and now the dread of wasted hours sits upon me my chest, heavy.
It's 7 PM and this is what in front of me. Despite being guilt ridden, I'm now going to focus on this hour ahead. Maybe a 2 or 3 if I really feel like it.
What is important however, is breaking down work into smaller chunks- meagre. Say, reading 2 pages in half hour or one hour? Whatever. Just remind yourself to stay focused. Slow is fine. As long as you move ahead.
Happy Monday and have a mindful week everyone.
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phd-in-prog · 1 year
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At a rough point in the PhD progress right now. I don't have any funding, not even from the department, so I'm working for free right now. It feels terrible.
I just want to get this degree and go, you know?
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ramyeongif · 1 year
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Custom textbooks are supposed to be cheaper ($200) when compared to the cost of purchasing multiple mandatory textbooks ($150 + $150).
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whoiseniola · 2 years
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she wrote... she smoked...
Slow dancing in my room, with the light dimmed low, Corinne Bailey in the background singing mellow blues. A joint lit and a glass of wine as I write some sections of my thesis. 27 years old, fully paid PhD, black woman, an orphan. So many odds…
I feel acutely connected to all the other black femme academics that have gone before me, with a joint between their fingers. Weaving together the words on the page as they fight the material and immaterial hurdles of academia.
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cray2000 · 2 years
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Anyone who would love to discuss the possibilities?
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shesnotquitedead · 2 years
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Bacteria are just so- *clenches fist* NEAT
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To professors in the position of designating textbooks: Stop with the custom textbooks.
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ramyeonpng · 2 years
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This week in work (or school), I’ve taken a huge step away from more common data analytic techniques that focus on mashing psychology into numbers. I’ve taken a step towards qualitative analysis, which involves the organization and presenting of written and oral data to pull out themes that might be useful. I think in both we get the most complex, rich picture of the human mind and how it interacts with the world - with the other, we’d be missing out on the strengths of each technique.
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somedaysitry · 1 year
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I guess I look just old and frumpy enough to be mistaken for a prof, because I’m in a corner seat up on the third floor of the library and the NUMBER of poor undergrads who have turned the corner, seen me sitting here, and POWERWALKED in the opposite direction is frankly hilarious.
Midterms have not been kind to these children
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polyproticamory-phd · 8 months
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Been keeping pace with my one book a day goal but haven't been taking pictures. Here are two of my most recent ones, though.
It was gorgeous on campus last week, but it's going to be way too hot this week to go outside. Hope you all are staying cool!
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mumble-muse · 2 months
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5 days to go...
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seasage-phd · 2 years
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04.07.2022~ slowly getting back to the rhythm after a week away from PhD work in 6 months.
In frame: a study with me video, Nutmeg's curse by Amitav Ghosh and a gigantic cup of filter coffee.
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grouchydairy · 2 years
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To professors in the position of designating textbooks: Stop with the custom textbooks.
https://medium.com/the-brain-is-a-noodle/why-custom-textbooks-are-definitely-not-the-cheaper-option-6f9b1cf59f49 / #AcademicChatter
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