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keep in mind KEEP IN MIND 导读：就爱阅读网友为您分享以下“KEEP IN MIND”资讯，希望对您有所帮助，感谢您对92的支持! (Yale Uninversity) Stephen C. Stearns 教授給研究生的建議 绝对值得看 Always Prepare for the Worst. Some of the greatest catastrophes in graduate education could have been avoided by a little intelligent foresight. Be cynical. Assume that your proposed research might not work, and that one of your faculty advisers might become unsupportive - or even hostile. Plan for alternatives. Nobody cares about you. In fact, some professors care about you and some don’t. Most probably do, but all are busy, which means in practice they cannot care about you because they don’t have the time. You are on your need advice, ask for it: that’s his job. You Must Know Why Your Work is Important. you read is bullshit until the author manages to convince you that it isn’t. If you do not understand If some authority figure tells you that you aren’t accomplishing anything because you aren’t taking courses and you aren’t gathering data, tell him what you’re up to. If he persists, tell him to bug off, This is a hard stage to get through because you will feel guilty about not getting going on your own research. You will continually be asking yourself, “What am I doing here?” Be patient. This science. Here you decide what constitutes an important problem. You must arrive at this decision independently for two reasons. First, if someone hands you a problem, you won’t feel that it is yours, you won’t have that possessiveness that makes you want to work on it, defend it, fight for it, and make it come out beautifully. Secondly, your PhD work will shape your future. It is your that your entry be well thought out. This is one point where you can start a whole new area of research. Remember, what sense does it make to start gathering data if you don’t know - and I mean really know - why you’re doing it? Psychological Problems are the Biggest Barrier. buffeted by the many demands that will be made on your time. If you don’t watch o