All Questions
Tagged with emotional-responses academic-life
23
questions
0
votes
1
answer
405
views
Sabbatical Abroad Without Family: How Did it Work
Hello: Following this previous thread: (Profs who have done a full year sabbatical overseas with a family: How did you make it work?), I am equally curious about whether any prof has done a full-year ...
- 19
-3
votes
1
answer
264
views
How do you deal with grade deflation and with looking at grades?
I'm in upper years of physics and economics, as I've changed majors a few times and ultimately wound up coming back to physics, the subject that I love.
That said, back in my business school days (I ...
user167599
2
votes
2
answers
851
views
How to politely ask for at least acknowledgement when I help people?
In recent years, as a PhD student in West Africa, I have helped several undergraduate and PhD students who were stuck with some particular problems to the point where they were barely to leave (I can'...
user148016
56
votes
8
answers
13k
views
Math Ph.D. does not know what to do with life? [closed]
Background: I am a Math Ph.D. student in the U.S. (originally from a developing nation) in partial differential equations (PDEs) but on the theoretical side of PDEs (no simulation, no numerical). I am ...
- 609
0
votes
1
answer
332
views
How to overcome "reader's block" as an undegraduate student?
This semester I am reading lots of textbooks. In the beginning I learnt a lot by reading books but soon after, the amount of my learning started to decline. I feel like I have hit the reader's block ...
- 23
4
votes
0
answers
232
views
How to deal with career anxiety and manage to remain concentrated on the matter in hand?
I am just over 30 years and about to finish my PhD. I will obtain my PhD from an EU country, and I must obtain residence permit to keep staying in EU.
My thesis is almost a staple thesis which ...
- 12.3k
0
votes
1
answer
2k
views
I wasted a lot of time during my PhD. As a postdoc, I don't see much progress in my abilities. How can I make progress? [closed]
I made several mistakes in my PhD:
Joined a PhD advisor who didn't have direct knowledge/experience about my PhD topic. She worked with nanomaterials, my work was on continuum mechanics. I had both ...
- 305
38
votes
11
answers
16k
views
Was my student being disrespectful by using shouting language in her email to me?
I have a PhD in statistics and teach statistics for humanities students in a university. One week before the start of the semester I posted all the required information regarding the course textbook, ...
- 750
5
votes
6
answers
3k
views
How do I determine if a PhD is financially feasible for me?
Pursuing an academic career involves risk, including financial risk. My question is: what factors should one consider when deciding whether these financial risks are worth it in one's personal ...
user124395
5
votes
1
answer
424
views
Stress and anxiety related to competition
Regarding stress in mathematical research, I saw posts like
Is Mathematical Research Stressful?
But it seems that most answers there don't stress what I mainly feel, that much of my stress (even as ...
1
vote
1
answer
278
views
Feeling like stuck in a wrong field of study due to inept technical background. Seeking advice on how to sustain in academia and research? [closed]
I completed my PhD from North America recently in a particular subfield in mechanical engineering. Though, I have published 3 decent publications and got a postdoctoral position afterwards, I am ...
- 31
75
votes
9
answers
53k
views
I wasted six years of my life getting a PhD degree. What should I do, and how will I survive?
I struggled with low self confidence throughout my bachelors, masters and PhD in chemical engineering. After spending two years in Masters and six years in getting a PhD degree, I am lost at what I ...
- 747
3
votes
1
answer
307
views
How to deal with the fear of missing out?
I will be soon starting my Ph.D. but have already experienced some of the research environment. I have chosen to work on a field in machine learning that is becoming increasingly popular. Every time I ...
- 151
47
votes
7
answers
6k
views
How can I overcome academic "researcher's block"?
I work as a senior academic in an important university in Europe. My name is in several publications in top journals in my field.
I have always published papers together with brilliant collaborators ...
- 561
96
votes
10
answers
28k
views
What makes academic failure different from failure in another career?
It is my understanding that academia as a nebulous whole has its own culture and speaks its own language that makes it a very different environment to work in compared to other so-called "industry" ...
-2
votes
1
answer
482
views
Dealing with stereotypes and stigma while pursuing a career in academia [closed]
How do professors successfully cope with negative stereotypes and stigma while pursuing their research careers?
Specifically, some issues that come to mind are:
Women scientists who are perceived ...
83
votes
14
answers
19k
views
How do really talented people in academia think about people who are less capable than them? [closed]
To be more specific, how do really top professors think about students who are much less smart than them, the students can be their Ph.D. students or just students who were taking his/her class.
This ...
- 941
12
votes
7
answers
2k
views
What if you love your field but can't take the heat of academia?
Imagine "a person" who may or may not be brilliant in her field, but certainly has new things to contribute, some of them (in her opinion) fascinating.
Imagine she adores her field, relates to it ...
- 1,077
10
votes
3
answers
1k
views
How to alleviate "back to school" anxiety as a graduate student?
I find myself experiencing back to school anxiety as a new semesters begins in less than three weeks, mainly because the unpredictability associated with graduate life.
In some ways it feels less ...
- 11.5k
2
votes
0
answers
94
views
How to overcome a reverential fear when meeting the topmost minds in your field? [duplicate]
Once upon a time on one fortuitous conference, I stumbled upon one of the most outstanding and revered academician in my field. I had a nice question nicely formulated in my head, but when I finally ...
- 836
56
votes
6
answers
7k
views
Is it normal to feel dread before starting a faculty position?
I need some advice. After several months of interviews and work, I secured a faculty position at a good business school, which was a relief since jobs are so hard to get around here. Everyone tells me ...
- 1,451
116
votes
9
answers
22k
views
How to stop feeling guilty about unfinished work?
My biggest challenge as a PhD student is best summarized by the following from PHD Comics:
"Piled Higher and Deeper" by Jorge Cham
www.phdcomics.com
A consequence of working in research is that the ...
- 109k
54
votes
14
answers
10k
views
How should I deal with discouragement looking at others success?
I'm a master CS student. I had so many troubles in my life. I didn't have proper schooling and were in difficult situations which led to me being not so good compared to my peers now at the graduate ...
- 4,022