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Answer by Corgi Fan for How to deal with my PhD supervisors rudely critiquing...
Frankly, your writing needs to improve AND your PhD advisors are jerks.Incoming graduate students are incapable of writing acceptable (let alone good) scientific papers (and that's not their fault)....
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Your supervisors are not yet experienced enough to understand that it is unprofessional to talk in insulting way, subtle insulting including. The criticism should address very exact technical or...
View ArticleAnswer by guest for How to deal with my PhD supervisors rudely critiquing all...
My advice is just to flex a little spine. Some people only respect you if peck back. Don't whine. And don't go postal. But definitely push back. Hard. Let them have something to stress about. Put the...
View ArticleAnswer by spacetyper for How to deal with my PhD supervisors rudely...
Your PIs are being rude and giving you non-constructive comments.Currently, the top voted answers to this question incorrectly focus on you needing to improve your writing skills. They should be...
View ArticleAnswer by John for How to deal with my PhD supervisors rudely critiquing all...
The PIs' comments on the OP's writing are not constructive. If the OP's university has some kind of writing lab or writing center [1], they may have people who are trained in helping you identify and...
View ArticleAnswer by allo for How to deal with my PhD supervisors rudely critiquing all...
It's mixed, which parts of their behavior are rude. But in total, they are just plain rude here, even when some parts would be okay for other persons.Lets analyse the different parts:don't send us...
View ArticleAnswer by sean for How to deal with my PhD supervisors rudely critiquing all...
Your PIs were without questions very rude. However, from what you are describing here:I'll submit a manuscript, and a certain section gets no comments. Then, I submit the manuscript again and the...
View ArticleAnswer by Trusly for How to deal with my PhD supervisors rudely critiquing...
I don't think you should be so eager to discount your alternatives.Just because confronting hasn't worked before, doesn't mean you can't ever succeed in reasoning with them.Your university surely has...
View ArticleAnswer by terdon for How to deal with my PhD supervisors rudely critiquing...
I had a similar shock when I started my PhD. I am a native English speaker and a language geek to boot. My father is a professional editor and I grew up playing language games and helping him edit...
View ArticleAnswer by user48953094 for How to deal with my PhD supervisors rudely...
In Germany cases have been reported at the Max-Planck-Institutes, where PhD students are treated as working slaves by very famous Professors. Being critized and pressured, e.g. when getting pregnant...
View ArticleAnswer by bremen_matt for How to deal with my PhD supervisors rudely...
There needs to be a little bit of context in this situation...Incoming Masters and PhD students often come in thinking that they are going to write one draft of a paper and submit it. The thinking is...
View ArticleAnswer by cag51 for How to deal with my PhD supervisors rudely critiquing all...
First of all, almost every time I send something, they respond with something like, "don't send us manuscripts with errors, next time they'll be sent back to you" or "don't waste people's time with...
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I'm a PhD candidate in biology about three semesters in. I am co-advised by two young married principal investigators (PIs), who are just about to get tenure. Things were going great initially, as I...
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