01-15-2013, 04:08 PM
My brilliant sister is a bit sad at having to sit out the next set of heavy ion (Lead) collisions at CERN, but the CMS team is forging ahead without her. To cheer her up, I begain this list of reasons why Parenthood is like Graduate School.
Care to help ?
So Far:
It consumes all your time.
Sleep deprivation is assured.
You usually have no time for basic personal grooming or maintenance.
You get incomprehensible and conflicting demands from your advisor (Baby).
Your advisor has a poor or non-existent command of your native language.
The paperwork is never done. (wiping !)
Each thesis draft receives horrible criticism (Diapers !)
You get constant and often irrelevant advice from people not working on your project / thesis.
Care to help ?
So Far:
It consumes all your time.
Sleep deprivation is assured.
You usually have no time for basic personal grooming or maintenance.
You get incomprehensible and conflicting demands from your advisor (Baby).
Your advisor has a poor or non-existent command of your native language.
The paperwork is never done. (wiping !)
Each thesis draft receives horrible criticism (Diapers !)
You get constant and often irrelevant advice from people not working on your project / thesis.