Choice quote from today, "When you look at what you've written here, can you tell the difference between good writing and bad writing? Or do you think this is good writing?"

I wonder, Hill, when he thinks of what he's said there, can he tell the difference between good advising and bad advising? Or does he think this is good advising?

'Cause I've got some notes.

Hil, do you have to keep him as your advisor? Is it possible to switch?

It's not possible to switch now. He's the only person in the department working in the field that I'm working in, and it's way too late to switch topics.

"When you look at what you've written here, can you tell the difference between good writing and bad writing? Or do you think this is good writing?"

Is this because you told him (as you said here) that you know all the writing isn't good and that's not what you are working on right now? Or did this come out of nowhere? The guy sounds like he totally doesn't get you or your process at all--which makes him pretty much useless as an advisor. Do you have anyone else with Math chops you can send your work to for a beta read?

Is this because you told him (as you said here) that you know all the writing isn't good and that's not what you are working on right now? Or did this come out of nowhere?

This was on something that I thought was pretty close to a final revision.

Have you talked to the department chair about this SOB, Hil? (I hope he isn't the department chair.)

I never wanted to be a princess. I wanted to be a paleontologist. My favorite fairy tale was Tom-Tit-Tot, which was a version of Rumplestiltskin, because the girl wins using her wits. I also admired her ability to eat five pies.

Have you talked to the department chair about this SOB, Hil? (I hope he isn't the department chair.)

I really don't think that would help anything. I'm not sure the department chair could actually do anything, and I know that my advisor won't actually listen if the chair talks to him.

I posted this in GWW, but I figured I'd ask here, too -- anybody willing to take a look at my teaching statement? It's about 2 and a half pages, and I can email it as a Word file. I just want someone else's eyes on this before I send it out.

I wanted to be Eowyn. Except for the whole settling down to heal people thing.

Or Leela from Doctor Who.

Hil, I don't have any advice. Only lots of sympathy for you and antipathy for your soit dit advisor.

Or Leela from Doctor Who.

If she'd existed when I was little, I totally would've wanted to be Leela from Futurama.

Actually, I should start taking notes now for next Hallowe'en, since there's no way I can get a proper Leela going in three days.