#Grad

This was a profoundly depressing thread to read -- as someone with an economics PhD who was not advised to do any of these things, I can see where the
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Hey it's #WorldPuppetryDay !I'm a puppeteer, puppet maker, and am currently finishing my MFA project in isolation. I hope to bring some puppet goodness to a crazy time. I'm working
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Today's @dealbook has an important discussion about the culture of overwork and how, for example, students at the beginning of college or grad school say they don't want to go
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Last week, i had my students respond anonymously to the prompt "Things You Wish Your Professors Knew." With their permission, paraphrasing the responses: quarantine is impacting my mental health and
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If I am required to leave the US, I think I'm going to have to think about whether I'm going to remain in academia at all. I've spent three years
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Okay, since I’ve literally written the book on this, I’ll bite. The authors’ argument is principally that more information about pricing and aid would help students avoid the nefarious scheming
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On the topic of excusing students for missing class, assignments, etc., due to personal emergencies: Over the years I decided to never ask for details or documentation. Here's why. (thread)
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It’s official, he doesn’t know who I am. Lord please be with me. Putting all these pictures in a thread so I can have them My hero. This was
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I have an absurd number of free shirts I’ve picked up over the years. Since I’m working from home, it seems like it’s time to rotate through them all. Will
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For all the new Pepperdine Basketball fans, we are going to break down how we got to where we are now: Head Coach @WilDiSabatino took the job on June 6th,
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To people with PhDs and postdocs justifying the absence of robust disability solidarity in HE because of how complex disclosure: you know this doesn’t justify me and 10+ PhDs had
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1996 | Maja Blagdan - Sveta ljubav: The language thread1. Ja ti priznajem sveI'm admitting everything to youMaja here uses "ja" (1st p. sg.), but like in some other languages
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To anyone who feels like the weight of their constant mistakes has irreparably hindered their progress (but especially to #phd students in #stem fields), this thread is for you. Read
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I've been writing about a controversial contender in the Florida Gators recently. Part one mentioned their challenge in building an elite offensive line in a state that isn't as OL-rich
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Unpopular opinion: children of immigrants need to stop putting "my parents crossed the border so I could cross the stage" on insta posts and grad caps. Y'all think it's hella
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Caring for my-mental-health-job-lo-his-mental-health-family-18yo-cat-friends&co during pandemic has been TOUGH. And I've been through tough before...PS: If the pandemic doesn't end soon, my house will look like a failed botanica
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