The revenge of the stripey socks - a DFW adventure

taka

fayjmck wrote: »

He has a contract for being an unsupportive muppet who does nothing seemingly except that you have to write stuff in convoluted words that other people don't understand, be pretty vile and hostile to anyone with less than a PhD and heaven forbid them if someone with only normal qualificiatons talks to him, these type of academic contracts aren't very hard to find in fact I am sure they select them especially as some kind of assault course of human beings (using the term very loosely here as I am not quite sure hes a fully paid up member of the evolutionary club) anyway I digress I think its like a human assault course doing a phd, if you can get through it and manage to get the the end with out going completely insane they make you a Doctor so then they don't have to worry about you somehow curing yourself.

The phrase Doctor cure thy self in fact I beleive comes from the PhD process:rotfl:

I also think there is a form on a supervisors form that says:

DO you have problems in social situations - are you socially inept? Tick here if you are an arrogant ignorant self obsessed p*rick who loves to talk down to folk and generally make them feel stupid and horrid

If they don't tick the box they don't get a contract

But of course that's just my opinion and I am definately NOT bitter.

Wow... :eek::eek: I'm sorry he is such a !!!!!! Fay...

I have the opposite problem - My boss (and potential PhD supervisor if it ever happens :rolleyes: - I work at a Uni) is too nice! He's so lovely he gets taken advantage of in the department because he can't not help someone and can't say no! Half the time him helping someone means me having to help them and not managing to do my work as a result! :mad: He sooooooo needs to be more assertive and learn to say no! That and apply some pressure to our research group - we really need it! He needs to set deadlines & goals that he actually follows up on and needs not to get sidetracked into something else! :rolleyes: You definitely need to be self-motivating working for him and thats something I seriously struggle with! Its seriously wrong that I have to kick his posterior to get things done sometimes! :rotfl:

OliveOyl_2

serious welly envy here :eek::eek::eek: :rotfl:


(BoB that is with a big E )

Pippilongstocking

Morning all

I think you are all very kind for allowing me to rant.

Is it OK still to be full of yukkyness and to be choughing like a lunatic after a week?

Today MUST write more and get this draft into shape for the evil ones eyes.

Had a FANTASTIC email from my Aberdeen supervisor who has just said so many great things and given me permission to work more the way I see will help me as thus far evil chops has been a !!!!!!.

So I can now INSIST that he looks at small sections

Waves to all - willow ot get out of the oven, washing to do, rotavator to pick up etc must dash and get on - and hten lock self in room and write

boredofbeingathome

OliveOyl wrote: »

serious welly envy here :eek::eek::eek: :rotfl:


(BoB that is with a big E )

Duly noted..:D

Edit to say good news about the supervisor, Fay.

Cheery_Daff

fayjmck wrote: »

He has a contract for being an unsupportive muppet who does nothing seemingly except that you have to write stuff in convoluted words that other people don't understand, be pretty vile and hostile to anyone with less than a PhD and heaven forbid them if someone with only normal qualificiatons talks to him, these type of academic contracts aren't very hard to find in fact I am sure they select them especially as some kind of assault course of human beings (using the term very loosely here as I am not quite sure hes a fully paid up member of the evolutionary club) anyway I digress I think its like a human assault course doing a phd, if you can get through it and manage to get the the end with out going completely insane they make you a Doctor so then they don't have to worry about you somehow curing yourself.

The phrase Doctor cure thy self in fact I beleive comes from the PhD process:rotfl:

I also think there is a form on a supervisors form that says:

DO you have problems in social situations - are you socially inept? Tick here if you are an arrogant ignorant self obsessed p*rick who loves to talk down to folk and generally make them feel stupid and horrid

If they don't tick the box they don't get a contract

But of course that's just my opinion and I am definately NOT bitter.

Oh fay, I just laughed out loud over my breakfast while reading this! :rotfl:

I think there most definitely IS a form that says those things! Lol!

Just yesterday us research students discussed WRITING a form to give to our Stupid Evil Supervisor for him to check while making comments on our work:

1. Is your comment NICE?

2. Will your comment HELP in any way?

3. Will your comment add to the cheeriness in the world?

4. Have you remembered that a real live PERSON wrote this work and might be offended by what you wrote?

5. How many exclamation marks have you used? "Clumsy sentence!!!!!!!" is not an acceptable comment from a supervisor!

6. In fact, just tear up your comments before you even send them, because they're just making us all mad



I shall spend the day laughing about your 'doctor cure yourself' comments Cheers :T:j

Pippilongstocking

Hi Cheery Daff
Just wait until you get the email with the description of the 'proper' use of a semi-colon.

The thing about this idiot is that aside correcting my very bad grammar - he doesnt comment on the content.

Envious of 'us research students' theres just me and a very efficient asian chap (very nice) but he doesnt exactly 'talk' much about anything. So its really just me up here.

Back to writing inefficient language which will be inconsistent, lexically un-dense and my sentence structure will be rubbish.

The bad thing is the more I get these habits pointed out - the more I am inclined to act like a 5 year old and do it all 10 times worse. You know the place you get to in your head......'Right matey if you think that sentence was crap - lets see how absolutely appalling I can REALLY make it'. in the manner of a very stroppy petulant child

Pippilongstocking

My absolute favourite feedback is just this

'REWRITE THIS and DO IT BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

or the other classic is:

'well the first thing you have to do is rewrite this' (sentence ends - this is true and was the only comment after my first chapter.)

boredofbeingathome

Very unhelpful comments Fay.

Pippilongstocking

Peedie update

Another 45 off the loan from lack of shopping -
Borrowed free rotavator and so have persuaded rather able brother to go and sort out the veggie patch - he is feeling very beholden at the moment as he owes me millions of pounds so I am exploiting him
DS moved up to the attic bedsit type thingmy so I now have 2 extra spare rooms (thinking of advertising in paper but am holding out on that one just at the mo).

DS also announced geography trip to Switzerland £659 - deposit by next week then they let us pay up in handy 10 monthly installments - ever feel like its one step forward and two steps back????????????????

Meal planning working well, especially when we get allowed a night off and to have something takeawayish/junky. Budget for shopping for May is £46/75 so far - splurged last night a bit on stupid bits of treats but then again - sometimes why not?

Had to turn down a weeks cooking over May holiday - for friends of friends - I just can't fit it in at the moment and don't want to do it half baked (IYSWIM) so have recommended another Mum from DD old primary school who cooks in the high school - she seems happy to have been asked and can fit it in so thats a good result eh? Good cooking karma

Aside that nowt much else happenning money wise - still waiting for expenses from early April. Student account now up and running so I am exploiting my free overdraft to keep CC's paid within the month - will slowly tackle the Lloyds o/d drip by drip i think want hairy paid off first.

Oh and I owe myself £175 from my spotty pot which I scandalously broke into (carefully) to get enough money to help brother with flat. Its the funds for the trip to Dad in summer - so will need that

Reduced contract phone which is about to expire so that's another £5 a month better off

Must cancel Lovefilm again as its now paying and not free

Phew thats enough isnt it............

lucielle

You are making good progress on all your targets, well done.
L