How To Get a PhD if you are Retarded

[DaShi]

Did I post that or think that?

[Ecofarm]

We can't blame epidemiologists for being sociopaths, or entomologists for being Kurtz.


Good play on the frigid, though.

[Kuciwalker]

I hear "agriculture specializing in gender" works pretty well.

god damn it I thought exactly the same thing

[Japher]

I thought, 'do whatever KH did.'

[DaShi]

My penis isn't big enough.

[Ecofarm]

To be fair, 90%+ of theses/dissertations are just working for someone, doing what they tell you and writing/documenting it (whether a lab, NGO, government org, etc). There are very few studies that qualify, upon perusal, as "independant".

[DaShi]

I wish mine wasn't so independent. Most of my classmates had their hands held throughout the process. Few designed their own studies, some even had their thesis practically written for them.

[Ecofarm]

It sounds as if you need to enjoy bowing down to tha man a bit more, and talking crap at the dean is not likely to help.

[DaShi]

I was forced to be independent because of the lack of help from my advisor and preceptor during my internship. I asked them many times for help and guidance and got nothing. My advisor completely failed at his duties for both my internship and thesis, and I will discuss this with the dean. I should not have been put in any of these situations. This thread is just for venting.

[Ecofarm]

Fine, but you sound like a big crybaby. Perhaps you expect too much.

[DaShi]

Expecting them to do their jobs? When half of his complaints about my thesis were wrong and the other half were the failure of him not fulfilling his responsibilities? Internships are not supposed to have students thrown into the wild to fend for themselves. Advisors are actually required to guide the students to ensure that they are successful. Certainly bad things happen. It wasn't his fault that my preceptor was retarded, but he is responsible for a lot of other issues and ignoring my pleas for assistance and not even reading my proposals and drafts. This isn't a PhD program, and I would still expect more from one.

[Hauldren Collider]

Wait, you're getting a PhD in literary analysis or did I read this thread wrong?

[Kuciwalker]

You're a dufus.

[Kuciwalker]

lit·er·a·ture
–noun
1.
writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays.
2.
the entire body of writings of a specific language, period, people, etc.: the literature of England.
3.
the writings dealing with a particular subject: the literature of ornithology.
4.
the profession of a writer or author.
5.
literary work or production.
6.
any kind of printed material, as circulars, leaflets, or handbills: literature describing company products.
7.
Archaic. polite learning; literary culture; appreciation of letters and books.

[DaShi]

I just double-checked one of his comments. It seems he wanted me to use an analysis that the very literature he gave me suggested shouldn't be used except in specific situations. Situations that require more than what can be accomplished over a summer internship. This type of analysis has also been criticized for being heavily abused by those who want their papers to look more scholarly than they actually are. So basically, he's complaining that I did my analysis correctly when he wanted me to BS it.