ARGH! Faculty often suck. And once they have tenure, there isn't a damned thing you can do about it. sometimes I think we should get rid of it, but then I remember all of the cutting edge research and theory that might not have moved forward if people had been afraid for their jobs.
Do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not madly in love with a beautiful woman who can kill me with her pinkie!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Vortex - Nov 10, 2009 12:59:42 pm PST #29936 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Hil R. - Nov 10, 2009 1:00:05 pm PST #29937 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Oh, I've been here, as the professor asked to do it. I know that you are in a bad position (and totally legit in your request), but I've been burned by shady students trying to do an end run around requirements through my kindness.
Yeah, I know. I forwarded him an email from my advisor where my advisor said that he would endorse it if he could, and I told this professor that he could ask my advisor about it if he wanted, but that my advisor hasn't been answering my emails lately so I'm not sure how to get in touch with him.
Will the advisor answer emails from his colleague?
I have no idea.
Vortex - Nov 10, 2009 1:01:43 pm PST #29938 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Oh, I wasn't clear when you said that he hadn't been answering emails. I really should have said will the colleague email him and see if it's okay? He might answer an email from a colleague where he wouldn't answer yours.
Hil R. - Nov 10, 2009 1:04:36 pm PST #29939 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I don't know if he'll answer emails from colleagues. I've heard other professors complaining about him not answering emails plenty of times.
Vortex - Nov 10, 2009 1:06:11 pm PST #29940 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
If he doesn't answer the colleague's email, then the guy will figure out why you're asking him to post the paper instead of your advisor.
Hil R. - Nov 10, 2009 1:09:13 pm PST #29941 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
If I wanted to do some kind of end-run around my advisor, this professor is probably the last one I'd pick. It's just that, as far as I can tell, he is the only one in the department who is actually allowed to endorse people. (There are two other professors who ought to be allowed to, but all their papers are cowritten and registered under another author's name, even though the system allows you to register multiple authors.)
Vortex - Nov 10, 2009 1:16:34 pm PST #29942 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
If I wanted to do some kind of end-run around my advisor, this professor is probably the last one I'd pick.
Oh, I wasn't trying to imply that _you_ were doing anything wrong at all, I hope that it didn't seem that way.
Hil R. - Nov 10, 2009 1:18:47 pm PST #29943 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah, I know. I was just saying that, if this professor is at all self-aware, he'd know that he's not the guy someone would try that with.
Vortex - Nov 10, 2009 1:21:02 pm PST #29944 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
har. You're asking a lot for (some) faculty to be self aware.
Rick - Nov 10, 2009 1:22:29 pm PST #29945 of 30000
You're asking a lot for (some) faculty to be self aware.
Hey!
Present company excluded, I'm sure.