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There are, of course, two types of thesis advisors: which should you want to have; and which are you, or will you become?
There are "cat advisors" and "dog advisors".
Cats are independent, and only, grudgingly, need the occasional superior technical skills (eg can opener operation) and resources ($ for pouncie crunchies and tuna) provided by their so-called masters servants.
Dogs need big fenced yards, walks every day or more often, and to be members of a well defined hierarchical group.
Which is it?
Or, if you insist, there are also both, and neither.
Or, there are some who have dozens, which is nice of them, but I really don't know how they manage. Actually seems a bit batty to me.
For what it is worth, I have a cat. Used to have two.
Both were regular tabby domestics. Both strays. Very well behaved, I must say. Smart.
Others prefer the higher maintenance pure breeds.
And then there are dog people...
I'd like a dog, I think, but we're just not set up for dogs, yet. They need more serious infrastructure, and of course much more time commitment and individual attention...
So, which are you?
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"which type of thesis adivsor should you want?"
maybe one who could spell?
(i kid! i kid!)
Posted by: mihos | December 21, 2009 5:32 PM
well, if you want suppress their creativity and make them all, like, conformist, sure...
actyally I noticed that tagged by the spell checker and didn't look twice, thought it was the old advisor vs adviser stuff.
Curse Webster and his half-arsed reforms.
Hmm. "half-assed" is tagged as incorrect, but "half-arsed" it likes.
Posted by: Steinn Sigurdsson | December 21, 2009 11:04 PM
I can't say I have ever seen a living pet at a home of any of my advisors. It worries me that I want a dog though.
Posted by: ryano | December 22, 2009 7:52 AM
Lamarckian Evolution!
Be afraid, be very afraid... ;;-)
Actually some of my best advisors were dog people.
Others of my best advisors were cat people.
Posted by: Steinn Sigurdsson | December 22, 2009 1:14 PM