Finals week approaching
Finals week will be here soon, and I can't wait! I only have one take home exam anyway, mostly I am excited because the undergrads will be done and leave :) I love my town in the summer without all the students. Ironic I guess because I am still a student but it is much nicer, no more lines, no more waiting, no more battles over parking!
My PI held an end of the semester/year BBQ at her home this weekend for the lab. That was very generous and it was a really nice time for us to unwind and for the undergrads to get to know her better too. I really do like my PI, I sometimes just get frustrated. But I was reminded tonight at dinner, by a couple of other students, that I may have one of the best advisors in our area :) I think that is true most of the time, even if once in a while we have difficulties. That may be because I and my labmate are her first two students to make it this far in the program. She had two that quit pre comps and one that failed comps, so we were the first to pass that hurdle, so we are the first to stick around this long and begin to deal with things like our prospectus etc. Personally she is fantastic and I feel very lucky to be able to talk about all sorts of things with her, so that I don't always have to have my guard up. I can be honest and know she won't hold it against me. And she doesn't make me feel small, inferior or stupid like some other faculty I have heard of, whom make their students feel that way from time to time (maybe inadvertently). And she consults me on lab decisions, like who to 'promote' from the undergrads to train to work with the larger animals this summer. It is nice to be consulted and for her to listen to my input, even if the final decision is hers.
Anyway I am glad about my work in general and am thankful for my lab and the opportunties it provides me. I am usually a positive person and I don' t want to sound downtrodden all the time, it is just that I suppose I write more when I'm down as sort of an outlet.
My PI held an end of the semester/year BBQ at her home this weekend for the lab. That was very generous and it was a really nice time for us to unwind and for the undergrads to get to know her better too. I really do like my PI, I sometimes just get frustrated. But I was reminded tonight at dinner, by a couple of other students, that I may have one of the best advisors in our area :) I think that is true most of the time, even if once in a while we have difficulties. That may be because I and my labmate are her first two students to make it this far in the program. She had two that quit pre comps and one that failed comps, so we were the first to pass that hurdle, so we are the first to stick around this long and begin to deal with things like our prospectus etc. Personally she is fantastic and I feel very lucky to be able to talk about all sorts of things with her, so that I don't always have to have my guard up. I can be honest and know she won't hold it against me. And she doesn't make me feel small, inferior or stupid like some other faculty I have heard of, whom make their students feel that way from time to time (maybe inadvertently). And she consults me on lab decisions, like who to 'promote' from the undergrads to train to work with the larger animals this summer. It is nice to be consulted and for her to listen to my input, even if the final decision is hers.
Anyway I am glad about my work in general and am thankful for my lab and the opportunties it provides me. I am usually a positive person and I don' t want to sound downtrodden all the time, it is just that I suppose I write more when I'm down as sort of an outlet.
posted by B @ Tuesday, May 02, 2006
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