I have been wondering about the pros and cons of grad school education in general, and Ph.D. in particular. One thing that most people do not talk about is the opportunity cost of the decision to go to school for 7 more years (2 Masters + 5 Ph.D). Exactly how much does one loose in [...]
Here is an email QoH sent out because we didn’t submit his precious little TPS reports on time.
Subject: payroll changes
From: QOH
To: QoH’s Admin Assistant
CC: All Graduate Students in the lab
Admin Assistant,
Unfortunately, the lab has serious problems, which I could not resolve for several months now. Since I am out of ammunition to communicate my message [...]
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The quarter has ended and brought along the joys of not having to TA for rest of my natural life, YAY!!! It was not that bad a quarter after all, just too much work that was not personally rewarding. The last week was very busy with setting up the final exam, grading [...]
Had an 8 AM conference call with QoH. He is away for a month taking care of his health issues. I am glad he is taking care of himself.
Have office hrs for the class I am TAing, and a short meeting with facilities manager await me later on in the day.
Found self wondering if it [...]
I was watching The Simpsons and caught this little diamond on grad students. I miss the old episodes of Sipsons when they were actually funny.
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So, I have been back in town for a few weeks now and things have been just fine. The whole family thing with the wedding is sorting itself at its own pace. My working relationship with QoH is pretty smooth and we are writing a book together now. The next [...]
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My quals is scheduled for 1.30 PM on Friday, 11/9. I am pretty happy about [...]
I still don’t have the exact date of my quals exam. I know it is sometime next week, but nothing more. I sent the dept adviser an email about this and she has promised to look into this at the earliest. I think knowing the exact date would do wonders to bring my stress levels [...]
