Advisee is now my former advisee, having fired me, citing our inability to achieve a satisfactory proposal. I wholly agree with and am immeasurably relieved by his decision, which saves me from what seemed an inevitable plight. Our work habits and standards were incompatible. At the same time, I cannot help regretting the time I’ve [...]
Archive for February 22nd, 2008
22 Feb
Pissed off
Hehe, she said “piss.”
Yeah, and she meant “urinate.” Also.
I don’t teach Fridays, but like a typical denizen of the junior faculty ghetto, I am in the office, grading papers and bracing myself for my advisee’s latest effort at describing his project. As I wander the hallways every now and then to procrastinate from my magna [...]
