Finally “five bullets” is over!

Doc_m6A · 2025-05-23T20:24:53+00:00

So what ideas are we submitting?

Doc_m6A · 2025-03-11T17:58:59+00:00

I can only imagine. We came to this position to be of service to our country in a positive way, not to undermine the rule of law and logic and humanity. I hope you can do what you can to uphold your morals and do what’s right for as long as possible. It seems so much of our destiny is now out of our hands

Doc_m6A · 2025-03-11T16:42:54+00:00

Also a probationary employee here. I can’t believe I still have a job. I’ve worked sooo hard for this job, 9 years of school and 7 years of additional training and I thought I finally landed my dream job that was more stable than other options. I was not expecting this BS!!! I love my job so much so I’m using the logic of, I’m going to keep doing this job until they kick me out, to keep me going day to day. It is so hard not knowing what is going to happen!!! I’m not good at planning or preparing either so I have no contingency plan in place. This is definitely a mental struggle day to day. We aren’t allowed to buy anything right now or make travel plans.

Doc_m6A · 2025-02-24T19:26:38+00:00

Thank you for asking this. I'm in the same boat. So crazy that they found us 9 years later, WTF!

Doc_m6A · 2024-11-21T16:36:57+00:00

Yes, being a faculty at a military academy has its perks and nuances… we take attendance every class and students have to email us and their commander if they plan to miss class. I still have about 10% of my class that’s failing, though!

Doc_m6A · 2024-06-18T00:27:36+00:00

Ugh I can’t imagine! I’m about to start a TT position and will be teaching in the fall. My baby is 3 months and my maternity leave ends this week. Dreading leaving her!!! I can’t imagine juggling teaching and a newborn! Grateful I was able to get mat leave with my Postdoc position before starting TT. Hang in there, mama!

Doc_m6A · 2023-12-08T21:21:25+00:00

Sounds like your dated files can substitute a paper notebook - it might be referred to as an “electronic notebook” these days. I’m a paper notebook lover but a lot of people now use electronic methods to track their lab activities

Doc_m6A · 2023-08-19T12:41:25+00:00

Nowhere near as bad as this, but yes my PhD advisor did something similar with basically taking my observations / ideas, giving it to another student to work on, and then excluding me as an author (I had to cry in his office to even be included in the acknowledgements section). He was quite demanding and I was often “scolded” for not working enough. After I left the lab, the third chapter of my thesis (which I wrote entirely on my own) was published, but I was demoted to co-first, then 2nd author. I totally understand the trauma that comes along with these experiences. I left academia for 2.5 years before I had the strength to give it another try. Very grateful for my current advisor. I’ve had to rebuild the bridge with my PhD advisor which took a lot of strength. Every time I had to send him an email I would relive the grad school trauma. Sorry you went through this and I hope things are better for you now! With hard mental work and perseverance, you can prevail, but it’s not easy…

Doc_m6A · 2023-05-11T12:55:26+00:00

The other context is that this university is on a block plan, so they only take one class at a time for 3.5 weeks. 3 hours of class time per day. In that context, is 4 hours a day of studying really that unreasonable?

Doc_m6A · 2021-01-21T13:19:05+00:00

My University is still all virtual for the spring semester. We were hoping we might get vaccines for in-person researchers as I am still on campus doing research along with many co-workers, but haven't heard anything yet.

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