tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post4429381809817310648..comments2024-03-19T00:11:46.679-07:00Comments on The Prodigal Academic: What does it mean to be not cut out for PhD research?prodigal academichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433167641213112052noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post-61529546740115611072018-05-24T06:01:49.568-07:002018-05-24T06:01:49.568-07:00Uh OK. So in your view, students show up completel...Uh OK. So in your view, students show up completely trained/must train themselves or they are unworthy? The PhD is just a validation of skills someone already has or must acquire without outside assistance? That is not my experience at all. I learned a lot from working with my mentors, and I've seen how my own students grow and mature as scientists over the course of their PhD. prodigal academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433167641213112052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post-37321410970999612192018-04-17T15:30:48.750-07:002018-04-17T15:30:48.750-07:00"Students starting out get lots of help with ..."Students starting out get lots of help with planning and carrying out their research"<br />"weekly meetings" <br /><br />LOL!<br /><br />I hope that's not true, or none of the people you know deserve a Phd.<br /><br />If in a world with literally no meetings ever, or any help planning or carrying out research, you would not be capable of getting a PhD then you do not deserve it.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com