I know that some of you attended graduate school, and if so, and you haven't discovered PHD Comics, then you've been missing out. The characters in the comics are all science majors, but the life of a graduate student is universal in many ways. The two most recent comics made me laugh out loud. I hope they have the same effect on you.
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"Piled Higher and Deeper" (PhD) is the comic strip about life (or the lack thereof) in academia. |
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Jorge Cham got his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University, and was a full-time Instructor and researcher at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) from 2003-2005. A list of his research publications on robots and brain-machine interfaces can be found here. Click here to visit his homepage. |
So, are these lines (1) you have heard (2) will hear (3) have used (4) will use this year???
ReplyDeleteGood ones!! Have a great first day of school, and remember when it is over, there will be one less day until summertime 2014!
Good stuff!
ReplyDeleteHope school is going well.
Peace <3
Jay