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Samantha Scientist: April 2010
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Monday, April 26, 2010. The CEO of Xerox says the state of math and science education in the US is "very, very, very poor.". And she says that we need to graduate more scientists. First, the US has the best science and math education system in the world at the graduate level, as judged by *science productivity. Efficient? Maybe not. Ideally suited for training scientists for what they'll actually do for the rest of their lives? Maybe not. But producing scientific publications? No thank you. Better va...
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Samantha Scientist: November 2010
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Saturday, November 20, 2010. So I'm really trying to defend and graduate this semester, hence the lack of blog posts. And now, here it is, 3:30 am on Saturday morning, and I can't sleep. Why not? My brain won't stop. What's going through my running brain? What will I say if my committee asks me "What's next? I know, that should really be what I'm worrying about when I'm still analyzing data and my thesis is due in 1.5 weeks). But in any case, here's what I've come up with. So, what's next? I'm a female s...
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Samantha Scientist: August 2010
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Why do I suck? I'm trying to write my thesis. I really am. I just keep getting stuck, so it's going super slowly, and I'm plagued with guilt about being slow. But every time I try to push myself, to give myself deadlines, to increase the pressure on myself, it just backfires, and I get less done. I started this game as a smart girl, capable of working very hard. As we all did. But I was naive, and my whole life, all that had been demanded of me was to do what I was told, the way...
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Samantha Scientist: March 2010
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Comment by me on a post. At Women in Wetlands. The original post is interesting and thought provoking, and I encourage you to read it. It dealt with ".the idea that successful scientists are somehow luckier than everyone else." The post makes the assertion that "This is rarely true." The text below is my response. Interesting post. I want to completely agree with you, but recent life experiences (graduate school) make me disagree. Or smart enough to avoid a bad new PI? I actual...
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Samantha Scientist: The catch-22 of the unsupportive advisor
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010. The catch-22 of the unsupportive advisor. Some advisors are universally unsupportive. Others are more selective. The result seems to generally be the same: failure of the unsupported. So the question is:. Do we fail due to lack of support? Or do we not get support because we are failures? August 25, 2010 at 2:51 PM. August 25, 2010 at 11:36 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Why do I suck? The catch-22 of the unsupportive advisor.
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Samantha Scientist: May 2010
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Thursday, May 20, 2010. DZero finds more muons than anti-muons. Thursday, May 13, 2010. Responsibilities of a PI. The previous post reminded me of a document I once wrote about what I viewed as a PI's responsibilities. I just reread it, and it's quite a long list of responsibilities. It reminds me of why even thinking about trying to be a good PI is very intimidating. I've copied and pasted the document below. What a PI should do. Manage money ethically and fairly. Have good ideas for projects. Assign la...
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Samantha Scientist: The perfect pair of heels - and other thoughts on shoes
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Thursday, September 16, 2010. The perfect pair of heels - and other thoughts on shoes. So, I'm back on fashion again. In my previous post about my dream wardrobe. I determined I only needed 6 pairs of shoes: ballet flats. I dream of the "perfect" heels. Heels that are sexy as hell, that you can also run a mile in. I know that doesn't exist, but I really *want* it to. So instead, the closest to the single pair of perfect heels would be a classic leather pump. Because it looks better with casual t-shirts a...
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Samantha Scientist: Notes, organization, and reproducibility
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010. Notes, organization, and reproducibility. How do you keep notes and records on your experimental methods, data, analysis, and journal articles? What do you keep on file, and where, and how do you organize it? As scientists, we all face the record-keeping problem, and I'm interested in how others deal with it. Over the course of grad school, I've developed my own system in fits and starts, and I'll describe what's working for me. What to keep, what to keep? Where to keep it?
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Samantha Scientist: My dream wardrobe
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Ok, I know that wardrobes aren't exactly science-talk, but hear me out - this is a minimization problem. Now, don't get me wrong. I like clothes. And accessories. And shoes. Especially shoes. I like to play around with outfits and looks sometimes, either in my own closet or in clothing stores. But for the everyday grind, I just want go-to outfits that are comfortable and make me feel and look good. So we have the requirements for typical 1-2 weeks, the usual special occasions&...
