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christine posted an update in the group
Grad School Straddlers 11 years, 6 months ago
my qualifier exam is in a little less than two weeks. i know it’ll be fine. i just wish i could actually relax enough to sleep!
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christine posted an update in the group
I’m going to jump on the pingwagon :P – anyone at UofToronto?
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christine posted an update in the group
Shystraddlers 12 years ago
*ninjas*
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…are so stealthy you couldn’t see the hundreds of replies to this. most involved clandestine meetups and rogue apparel fashion shows #astheyusuallydo #fancyninjas
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all of which were perfectly silent and perfectly stealthy, of course
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christine posted an update in the group
so question for you guys. i’m considering joining the LGBTQ group on my campus but main reason i didn’t last year when i first moved was because i was afraid i’d end up hanging out with students in my classes. is that ridiculous? i guess i’m worried about maintaining some level of professionalism since i have to teach, but now i just want to hang…[Read more]
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I don’t have an answer… I would just like to say that I’m going through the exact same thing right now.
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I think this is going to happen to me too.
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Is there no grad student queer org? (start one?) Also, you could volunteer at a local queer org and meet people off campus that way!
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I’ve kinda established myself as a grad student in the group and don’t hang out with the members much outside of GSA stuff (with the exception of a few – who actually are mostly other grads). As fairly knowledgeable about queer academics – which very few others in my group are b/c their isnt much of a gender/women’s/queer studies program here -…[Read more]
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That’s neat. I feel like I’m not knowledgeable enough to be an advisor! But I can definitely be (or rather, I guess I already am) a nerdy queer in the corner :D I emailed the group and apparently they don’t have meetings or anything, just random events scattered around the year, so we’ll see how it goes.
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Good luck! Hope you are able to find a comfortable way to negotiate your place in the group.
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Thanks :)
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Gaysians! 12 years ago
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I’m sure you will do fine. I’m convinced being totally nervous/stressed out is a sign you realize you will never know enough and continue to prepare up to the last possible minute. The people I have seen who fail are the people who are over confident. I don’t know how your exam works, but before my oral defense I didn’t sleep, ate a cookie and…[Read more]
thanks :) i definitely agree with that saying “the more you learn the more you realize how little you know” – and that’s part of the reason i love science so much, it’s just a constant stream of learning things that have never been discovered before. it just freaks me out that i’m sleeping 3-4 hours a night now for the fifth day in a row and i…[Read more]
hey, good luck! i ate leftover thai food for breakfast before my exam, so do whatever makes you feel good before yours :)
thanks for the good luck wishes! my plan is to listen to music and just chill till it’s time. i dunno if i could handle eating beforehand, but definitely coffee!
made it! phew! :D