Graduate School Survival Motto
Academia is a business, and "graduate student" is a job title.--"So long, and thanks for the Ph.D"
From what I have seen, have heard in the past 1 year, I have to admit that it is telling the truth. This definition has rich meanings in it.
It is important for graduate students to bear this in mind because only by understanding graduate school really well, can we survive in it! A guideline in business is that business man needs to act professionally.
So, similarly, the very moment when we entered the graduate school, we have to remind ourselves from time to time that we are now doing business in academia, we need to act professionally.
We are no longer college students, most of them always have a lot of excuses for not being able to attend classes, only do the minimum when it comes to homework,always expecting professors to make mistakes in classes... On the contrary, graduate students should take the initiatives to read more, write more, talk more and argue more, in a professional way.
In business, there a saying that "never have lunch alone." So is the same with academia. As a graduate students, we need to talk to more people, network with as many people as we can.In IST, we have a good environment for social networking with each other. On the second floor of IST building, there is a cafeteria, where faculties, graduate students and undergraduate students usually have lunch there. We can easily talk to anyone there.
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