tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061048297624093491.post7043217237469717951..comments2023-10-11T04:04:39.751-07:00Comments on Funny Researcher: The case of stubborn adviseeFunny Researcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02971957974804668620noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061048297624093491.post-47176909195129507992015-05-19T12:11:32.375-07:002015-05-19T12:11:32.375-07:00I hear you xykademiqz and m working on it.
Yes,...I hear you xykademiqz and m working on it. <br /><br /><br />Yes, most students are actually not geniuses; but there are delusional ones :@Funny Researcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02971957974804668620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061048297624093491.post-72225128057287422792015-05-18T16:08:41.920-07:002015-05-18T16:08:41.920-07:00What worked is 1) with cutting the student loose s...What worked is 1) with cutting the student loose sooner than he was ready. He was a wonderfully capable individual, but not worth the hassle. Had he been willing to listen he'd be en route a faculty position. This way he'll forever be a super postdoc. <br /><br />I have another one right now who similarly gets on my nerves. <br /><br />Students need to understand that 1) they have to show me they can do what I ask them to do; 2) on top of that if they have ideas to do more or better or differently, then I will be delighted to hear them out. Once a student has established trust as competent and hard working, then I give them more leeway and freedom in how they do stuff. <br /><br />But if they keep wasting time and money on idiotic ideas instead of doing what I asked them to do, then get rid of them ASAP. Most students are actually not geniuses to whose intellectual greatness the advisor, with much more experience, is supposed to bow. Most who think that are tools with delusions of grandeur. <br /><br />Your sanity will thank you for removing the stubborn student from your orbit. xykademiqzhttp://xykademiqz.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com