The Grad Student Sucker Punch

[bu0509]

The title refers to the process of having your paper torn to infinitesimal shreds by a holier-than-thou professor. He still gave me a High Pass (the Yale graduate school's grading system is weird, but an HP is roughly the equivalent of a B), but the paper is literally red ink start to finish, and only one comment is even remotely positive. And

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[splitreality05]

I'm sorry...but just think, you're younger than literally everyone else in the program, and you still did an awesome job this past semester. The comment that the professor made about not expecting you to do as well as you did sounds like an age-based remark, so think of it as a really high compliment, which it is.

Remember how EVERY professor loved you? Yeah, they still do, well, maybe except the holier-than-thou one because you didn't spend enough time stroking his ego. (note to you: I deleted an immature joke here)

You're doing great, and as you become more familiar with the program and grad school life, you're only going to do better. So feel good about how you did the past semester, keep doing what you've been doing, and don't let their comments get to you.

[bu0509]

Thanks for the pick-me-up

[bu0509]

Also, teehee about the immature joke, which I think I could probably guess, lol.