Timeline for How honest should one be with their students when talking about the realities of academia?
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| Jan 13, 2017 at 6:20 | comment | added | Namey | One thing that is present in this that I always believe in: encourage students to think of the goal not the role. Being in an R1 is a role. Being able to change the world in <x> way is a goal. Money is seldom a real goal. Having enough money to <y> is a goal. I've interviewed a lot of people, and you would be shocked about how few can answer the question "If you could change one thing about the world with you work, what would it be?" So busy trying to get there, not sure what to do if/when they make it. | |
| Jan 12, 2017 at 17:28 | comment | added | user67255 | @ruakh any person offering you an advice has a conflict of interest at some level, no? | |
| Jan 12, 2017 at 0:22 | comment | added | ruakh | Re: "You should always critically examine if you really have the student's best interest in mind, or your own": This makes it sound like professors have a conflict of interest (that they might benefit in some way from having the student receive this advice); but judging from the rest of that paragraph, I guess what you mean is something like "You should always make sure you're correctly putting yourself in the student's shoes -- every person is different, and the student's wants and needs may not be the same ones that you had at that age." Do I have that right? | |
| Jan 9, 2017 at 7:19 | history | edited | xLeitix | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 9, 2017 at 7:09 | history | answered | xLeitix | CC BY-SA 3.0 |