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| AgraduateStudent |
Posted
on 25-Mar-02 10:23 AM
-- taken from the Harvard Crimson
Top ten subtle differences
between grad school and Hell
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10. It doesn't rain in Hell.
9. Everyone has heard of Hell.
8. It's a lot more fun getting into Hell.
7. You can't fail out of Hell.
6. At least you can sleep in Hell.
5. Hell is forever; grad school just seems like it.
4. People smile in Hell.
3. You only have to sell your soul to get into Hell.
2. There are hot men and women in Hell.
And the #1 subtle difference between grad school and Hell...
1. You would never tell a friend to go to grad school!
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The Top Ten Lies Told by Graduate Students
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10. It doesn't bother me at all that my college roommate is making
$80,000 a year on Wall Street.
9. I'd be delighted to proofread your book/chapter/article.
8. My work has a lot of practical importance.
7. I would never date an undergraduate.
6. Your latest article was so inspiring.
5. I turned down a lot of great job offers to come here.
4. I just have one more book to read and then I'll start writing.
3. The department is giving me so much support.
2. My job prospects look really good.
1. No really, I'll be out of here in only two more years.
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| Paschim |
Posted
on 26-Mar-02 12:13 AM
So true...having been there and done that, my only proposal is to amend Lie no. 7 quite radically as follows: change the word "undergraduate" with "student", assuming of course that most grad students either course-assist, serve as teaching fellows, or lead a full course of their own with the pre-requisite on the syllabus so cleverly drafted that in a class of 8, 7 enrolees end up being girls! Just write in your syllabus, "familiarity with history more relevant than advanced calculus; must know who Germaine Greer is".
Yes, art imitates life :)
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| ashu |
Posted
on 26-Mar-02 12:24 AM
So, then, development economics has led to some -- ahem! -- personal development, eh, Paschim? :-)
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| Paschim |
Posted
on 26-Mar-02 12:47 AM
haatti ra haatti-chhap-chappal jastai, 'byekti' ko development ra 'samaaj' ko development ustai ustai ta ho ni mitra ashu, hoina ra? to get to the latter, you gotta start with the former :)
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