tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post5542063838703111936..comments2024-03-11T13:47:03.621-05:00Comments on Physics and Physicists: So I Am Your Academic Advisor?ZapperZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-47139835380011433262011-08-26T11:01:14.418-05:002011-08-26T11:01:14.418-05:00I really enjoyed reading that, and no doubt I'...I really enjoyed reading that, and no doubt I'd enjoy reading it even more if I was your prospect student. Well written, all of it! ;)<br /><br /><br />/A physics studentAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12092501433659372450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-64414969974945791352011-08-24T05:36:48.387-05:002011-08-24T05:36:48.387-05:00This post is wonderful and I hope lots of young gr...This post is wonderful and I hope lots of young graduate students will read it. You capture perfectly the hopes of the student-advisor interaction as well as the seriousness of it. We all know that individual students and individual advisors fail in some aspects of the goals and expectations that you set out. Writing them down so clearly helps us all to recover the focus this relationship deserves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-24462036574285475032011-08-24T02:18:47.319-05:002011-08-24T02:18:47.319-05:00Very nice and accurate letter! Arriving for a PhD ...Very nice and accurate letter! Arriving for a PhD to a well established physics institution, my first (positive) shock was a similar presentation from my new advisor: it is 'fatherly' (care, help, assisting personal growth) yet very 'professional' (bussiness-like reality of the job). This is precisely the nature of a PhD. In my naivete at the time, I expected a romantic, chaotic, unstructured, pure exploration of knowledge and 'intelectual play'. It was awakening to learn that a lot of care is needed to produce a 'respectable citizen', a functional clog in a bussiness-like machinery, which is actually an even more rich and exciting reality (although more frustrating as well). Every prospective student should read this letter, especially if she/he comes from a culture where the more materialistic, down-to-earth and professional aspect of 'doing science as a job' is not made clear along the way. Many greetings!Andrejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16308762939554313594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-35969013256831648942011-08-23T18:09:04.395-05:002011-08-23T18:09:04.395-05:00Very, very, very nice. All the best to you, your s...Very, very, very nice. All the best to you, your student and your partnership.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com