December 2009
15 posts
1 tag
“Maybe I’ll just go grocery shopping at my dad’s.”
– BFloyd on postgrad poverty (via leighadiemler)
1 tag
1 tag
How to write a paper in college/university
jennhur:
Sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a well lit place in front of your computer.
Log onto MSN and AIM (be sure to go on away!). Check your email.
Read over the assignment carefully, to make certain you understand it.
Walk down to the vending machines and buy some chocolate to help you concentrate.
Check your email.
Call up a friend and ask if he/she wants to go to grab a...
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
it's really hard to figure out which professors I...
bthny:
when barely any of those professors have any kind of concrete information relating to their specific fields of study, research interests, and publication available online.
Considering how little time they spend in the lab / doing research, we’re not surprised.
1 tag
Note to self:
alisonj:
Never, ever, ever, ever, delete paragraphs from your thesis. Put them away somewhere. Perhaps in a “things I was going to delete” folder. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
And definitely don’t delete the only copy of your final project defense presentation, mere minutes before showtime, like I personally witnessed this week.
1 tag
1 tag
Rule #2 What Your Prof Really Wants
howtobeanerd:
Your professor may say that he only wants a three page response paper. FALSE. That is a ploy to get rid of the weak ones. He really wants a 6-10 page paper with an annotated bibliography. Consider even using ten point font, margins of 0.5, and glossy paper.
Your professor might also have said “be prepared to just informally discuss your paper in class.” The weak ones think that...
1 tag
