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1、(YaleUninversity)StephenC.Stearns教授給研究生的建議相見恨晚啊！！！来源：吴浩Tony的日志AlwaysPreparefortheWorst.Someofthegreatestcatastrophesingraduateeducationcouldhavebeenavoidedbyalittleintelligentforesight.Becynical.Assumethatyourproposedresearchmightnotwork,andthatoneofyourfacultyadvi
2、sersmightbecomeunsupportive-orevenhostile.Planforalternatives.Nobodycaresaboutyou.Infact,someprofessorscareaboutyouandsomedon't.Mostprobablydo,butallarebusy,whichmeansinpracticetheycannotcareaboutyoubecausetheydon'thavethetime.Youareonyourown,andyouhadbettergetused
3、toit.Thishasalotofimplications.Herearetwoimportantones:1.Youhadbetterdecideearlyonthatyouareinchargeofyourprogram.Thedegreeyougetisyourstocreate.Yourmajorprofessorcanadviseyouandprotectyoutoacertainextentfrombureaucraticandfinancialdemons,butheshouldnottellyouwhatt
4、odo.Thatisuptoyou.Ifyouneedadvice,askforit:that'shisjob.2.Ifyouwanttopicksomebody'sbrains,you'llhavetogotohimorher,becausetheywon'tbecomingtoyou.YouMustKnowWhyYourWorkisImportant.Whenyoufirstarrive,readandthinkwidelyandexhaustivelyforayear.Assumethateverythingyoure
5、adisbullshituntiltheauthormanagestoconvinceyouthatitisn't.Ifyoudonotunderstandsomething,don'tfeelbad-it'snotyourfault,it'stheauthor's.Hedidn'twriteclearlyenough.Ifsomeauthorityfiguretellsyouthatyouaren'taccomplishinganythingbecauseyouaren'ttakingcoursesandyouaren't
6、gatheringdata,tellhimwhatyou'reupto.Ifhepersists,tellhimtobugoff,becauseyouknowwhatyou'redoing,dammit.Thisisahardstagetogetthroughbecauseyouwillfeelguiltyaboutnotgettinggoingonyourownresearch.Youwillcontinuallybeaskingyourself,"WhatamIdoinghere?"Bepatient.Thisstage
7、iscriticaltoyourpersonaldevelopmentandtomaintainingtheflowofnewideasintoscience.Hereyoudecidewhatconstitutesanimportantproblem.Youmustarriveatthisdecisionindependentlyfortworeasons.First,ifsomeonehandsyouaproblem,youwon'tfeelthatitisyours,youwon'thavethatpossessive
8、nessthatmakesyouwanttoworkonit,defendit,fightforit,andmakeitcomeoutbeautifully.Secondly,yourPhDworkwillshapeyourfuture.Itisyourchoiceofafieldinwh
