#grad school problems
in the interest of being transparent, bc I see a lot of shit on here about phds & grad school demanding constant work & stress: I’ve taken a whole three weeks off my phd over christmas/new year & I’m not behind; my supervisor isn’t worried; I’m not worried. what I am is well-rested & clear-headed & keen to get back to work tomorrow. if you think you’re not allowed to take time off you’re wrong & should be interrogating why you think that. here’s wishing everyone a healthy new year x
Do you ever spend an entire minute trying to figure out what a sentence means or are you normal
I’m having a real problem with my grad Marketing class. We have to work in groups and split up our writing assignments. And one of my groupmates does not write well. The sentence structure is awful and incomprehensible. I’m having a real struggle not rewriting their section entirely. I’m not some award-winning writer, but their text reads like one of those trump speech transcriptions that don’t make any sense. On one hand, I don’t want to offend them by rewriting their section and on the other hand I don’t want us to be marked down because their section is awful. I don’t possess the personal skills to navigate this.
Dramaaaaaa
is taking place in my lab.
Taking a nap, the grad student becomes more productive.
Making remarkable progress on his research, the grad student wonders what disastrous mistake will eventually blow up in his face.
Wrapping up another year, the grad student reflects on how much and how little has changed at the exact same time.
Having nothing new to show his advisor, the grad student takes evasive action.
Noticing another gray hair on his head, the grad student increasingly stops caring.
Convincing himself that he would work more effectively at a coffee shop, the grad student is not surprised to be wrong.
Accomplishing next to nothing, the grad student is still exhausted.
Being impressed by scraps of text that he wrote and hated months ago, the grad student questions whether desperation is lowering his standards.
Receiving his vaccination, the grad student shudders at the thought of having flimsier excuses to avoid social interaction.
Scrolling through colleagues’ social media posts regarding their new working papers and publications, the grad student wants to unfollow himself.
Kicking off spring break, the grad student watches videos of places he wishes he could visit.
Breathing a sigh of relief about the state of democracy, the grad student gains the mental bandwidth to fully contemplate the state of his dissertation.
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Dropping by his office for the first time in months to pick up some materials, the grad student is startled to realize that he misses this place.
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Exercising for the first time in months, the grad student crumples into a mushy pile of agony.
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Receiving yet another email with precipitous changes in his institution’s COVID-19 policy, the grad student yearns for any sense of stability.
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Videoconferencing from his apartment with his advisor, the grad student feels like the victim of a home invasion.
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