When In Academia

oh, these problematically decontextualized moving images.

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WHEN YOUR STUDENTS HAVE THE FLU BUT STILL COME TO CLASS:

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WHEN YOUR CARPOOL MATE KEEPS CHANGING THE STATION:

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Is this only about graduate school not being a faculty member?

It can be about any aspect of the experience! Send us more of your problems, faculty member, please.

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WHEN JUST AS YOU FINISH COMMENTING ON 59 DRAFTS, A STUDENT SUBMITS THEIR LATE DRAFT:

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WHEN THERE IS ONLY ONE JOB AVAILABLE IN YOUR FIELD:

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WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT YOU NEVER HAVE TO WORK ON YOUR DISS AGAIN:

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WHEN YOU ASK YOUR CAT WHETHER YOU WILL GET AN ACADEMIC JOB:

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WHEN YOU SPOT YOUR ADVISOR DURING SUMMER BREAK:

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WHEN YOU TRY TO WRITE AFTER GETTING HOME FROM TEACHING:

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WHEN YOU OPEN UP YET ANOTHER REJECTION LETTER:

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WHEN YOU SEE YOUR ACADEMIC RIVAL AT A CONFERENCE:

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WHEN SOMEONE ELSE ON YOUR PANEL SUGGESTS THAT YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION:

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WHEN YOU PARTICIPATE IN A FRIENDLY DISSERTATION DRAFT WORKSHOP:

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WHEN YOUR ADVISOR SPENDS AN HOUR TELLING YOU ALL THE WAYS YOUR FIRST DISSERTATION CHAPTER DRAFT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL:

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WHEN YOU KEEP FILLING OUT APPLICATIONS DESPITE THE ODDS:

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WHEN YOU ARE REJECTED FOR A JOB YOU APPLIED FOR TWO YEARS AGO:

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WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR EMAIL INBOX RIGHT BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS: