Re: [ECOLOG-L] minor comment but

2012-08-28 Thread Wayne Tyson
26, 2012 3:13 PM Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] minor comment but Actually I strongly reject that assumption. In fact, I found my experiences in academia (for myself and my fellow students/postdocs/postechs/postemps) quite DE-motivating, and often by design. By design I mean, faculty tend not to want

[ECOLOG-L] minor comment but

2012-08-26 Thread Pedro Barbosa
I think I've now seen about the 50th message in which the 'sender' is seeking motivated graduate student(s) Can we simply assume that most academics seek motivated graduate student(s). I don't think I've ever met a colleague that was interested in recruiting an unmotivated student. Minor

Re: [ECOLOG-L] minor comment but

2012-08-26 Thread Aaron T. Dossey
Actually I strongly reject that assumption. In fact, I found my experiences in academia (for myself and my fellow students/postdocs/postechs/postemps) quite DE-motivating, and often by design. By design I mean, faculty tend not to want their students and posdocs truly developing their own