Max's thoughts on academia, circa 2001

[max243732]

Today I found a backup CD I'd made years ago, containing various files from my old computers going back well into the last millenium.  Here's a piece from my grad school days - it's modeled on the kinds of feedback letters we were forced to write to other grad students about how they could improve their papers...

Dear Exhausted Grad Student #367,

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[alpine_tunnel]

Your essay makes me weep in recognition of all the critiques I received in my former life.

[alpine_tunnel]

(and laugh to think that I once wept bitter tears over receiving said critiques.)