Another Day
Ok, now am moderately annoyed with my current professor. Not answering my emails regarding questions such as what classes to take, etc... strike one.
Flaking out and missing my meeting with her, then being rude to me the next time I see her as opposed to apologetic... strike two (for the record, the only thing I said the next day when I saw her was, 'Oh, I guess I missed you the other day, sorry about that.)
Not attending the first lab meeting of the semester... strike three.
Yeah, I know that she is busy, getting grant money so that her grad students can afford to eat and such. I know it is the beginning of the semester so she doesn't have a lot of time. Still...
I came to grad school with the expectation that I would have at least a little guidance. Do I expect someone to hold my hand? Heck, I'm over 30... I HOPE that I never have to have someone doing that. Do I expect someone to at least show an interest that I have sworn to do work in their lab and spend a few months trying to help them with their project? Yup.
Oh well, I will just take it as a sign that hers is NOT the lab that I should get my PhD thesis in. There is another fellow at the university that I was actually too shy to talk to (yeah, I do get shy)... I think I will actually go and speak with him in the very near future. Especially since it was his papers that first attracted my attention.
It is tough to know when to go with the gut, when to submit to fear, when to follow your heart...
Oh well, we will see what happens.
Drew
Flaking out and missing my meeting with her, then being rude to me the next time I see her as opposed to apologetic... strike two (for the record, the only thing I said the next day when I saw her was, 'Oh, I guess I missed you the other day, sorry about that.)
Not attending the first lab meeting of the semester... strike three.
Yeah, I know that she is busy, getting grant money so that her grad students can afford to eat and such. I know it is the beginning of the semester so she doesn't have a lot of time. Still...
I came to grad school with the expectation that I would have at least a little guidance. Do I expect someone to hold my hand? Heck, I'm over 30... I HOPE that I never have to have someone doing that. Do I expect someone to at least show an interest that I have sworn to do work in their lab and spend a few months trying to help them with their project? Yup.
Oh well, I will just take it as a sign that hers is NOT the lab that I should get my PhD thesis in. There is another fellow at the university that I was actually too shy to talk to (yeah, I do get shy)... I think I will actually go and speak with him in the very near future. Especially since it was his papers that first attracted my attention.
It is tough to know when to go with the gut, when to submit to fear, when to follow your heart...
Oh well, we will see what happens.
Drew