What do you teach?

>>686072739
Chemistry

>>686072596
Educational background? University, liberal arts college, state/junior/community?

>>686072596
Normally I get:
>>hurr dur you should sleep with your students hurr durr

What's your occupation?

>>686072596
why the fuck are you here?

>>686073011
BS from a small four year college, PhD from an R1 institution. Now teaching at a small, private liberal arts college.

>>686073122
Assistant Professor of Chemistry

>>686073194
I have been going here since my undergrad! lolz

Also I am done with the school year, now it is just research in the summer. It has very open hours.

>>686072901
Well, at least it's something worthwhile and not a blow-off class.

PhD in Chemistry? Couldn't you make some serious cash in the private sector doing that?

>>686073321
Did you specialize? Any experience in the private sector?

>>686073676
I could, but I really enjoy teaching. Plus I really do not have a boss or get told what to do. I am extremely childish and hate having a boss.

Pretty much if I do not fail everyone or sleep with my students I get to keep my job forever. Plus I really love what I teach! Gen Chem and P Chem are awesome.

Can you tell us which college

>>686073881
I am highly specialized. That is typically what happens when you get a PhD.

I do have experience there, mainly as an intern though. I get offered jobs in industry pretty often too.

>>686073981
I would be afraid someone would say/do something, so no. I will tell you that it is in the north east.

>>686072596
>>686072596
Why are so many professors pseudo intellectual dimwits with very little real world experience?

also what do you think of "safe zones"

Why is tropic thunder one of the best movies of all time?

>>686073930
That's cool...so long as you enjoy your work and you're comfortable with your quality of life.

It would be awfully tempting because the private sector craves hard sciences...

>>686074076
Shoulda just flat out asked what you specialized in then. I'm aware of the merits a PhD brings. Lol

>>686074174
Nescac?

>>686074190
I think it really depends on the field. For example, I doubt a gender studies professor has any real world experience. However most in the STEM fields have a good idea of the general education that you will need to succeed.

I feel like safe zones are pointless. People respect your thoughts and opinions if they can be backed by logic/good ideas. If your ideas suck you should be told they suck.

>>686072596
Are there any students that you just fucking hate? Why do you hate them?

>>686074201
Cause no one went full retard in the movie.

>>686072596
I can't get myself to go to my university I think its a waste of time to go there when I can just learn most of the things at home, any tips to get back to my social university life?

>>686074381
Ah! Sorry... sometime people have no idea what the PhD even means. I use computational chemistry to explain the interface between organic molecules and metal surfaces. There is a lot of application for catalysis in my work.

>>686074446
I have never even heard of that school lol

>>686074749
Yes. This last semester I had the worst student of my life. She was extremely rude. She would bitch constantly and whine all the damn time. I really only hate whiney students.

Students who do not do any work or don't show up do not influence my life. I just fail them.

Students who care are awesome. Often times if they ask real questions, I bump them up a grade.

>>686074897
I think you are right. You can learn most things yourself... however if you are trying to learn a real math/science, you will need help on the way. I suggest to just do it. In terms of a social life... to be honest I fucking hated my peers until I got to graduate school. I would say to stay away from public schools. They are full of trash.

>>686074960
Nice, did you have to take any cool computer science courses?

>>686074749
Also I hate the ones who turn stuff in late, after I have graded everyone else's papers. I often just throw those out or give zeros for late homework. I do not have time for the weak students.

>>686075792
I took one in my undergrad, but I basically learned everything from kiddy scripting/online tutorials/research papers. I do not code a ton like some of my other collaborators though.

>>686072596
Do you know how to synthesize LSD, or how one could buy/synthesize the precursors?
I've been interested in chemistry, but anything not drugs related bores me.

>>686072596

Why should I ask you anything.

>everything should be in the syllabus.

>look it up in the fucking syllabus!!!

God, I hate undergrads sometimes.

>>686075968
I'm a computer engineering major. Was thinking of getting more into computational science in grad school since programming is my strength. Would you change anything?

>>686074960
so basically you use a fancy version of matlab to make glue?

>>686076402
If I looked in some of the tomes I have sitting around my office, and the correct precursors, I could do it. In terms of buying them, it is pretty difficult. You can make them but the impurities/yields would be poor. Just do natural stuff instead.

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>>686072596
How 2 professor ?

>>686076644
HAHAHAHA!

Thanks. That made my night.

>>686076651
I would do it. Scientific computing is paying a lot these day.

In terms of what I would change, I wish I had more experience with coding. I do not know enough about it.

How do you like being a part of a system that enslaves the youth with crippling debt for a virtually useless education?

>>686076712
Not really. I use more quantum chemical calculations. And it is not really about glue but the interactions that the orbitals on the molecules overlap with the surface. It is actually quite neat because not much is known about the interface between molecules and surfaces. But I guess you are right in how I am trying to explain how stuff sticks together =P

>>686072901
are you making Crystal Meth?
can i have some?

>>686076904
Study hard, never listen to anyone, and fail undergrads!

>>686077117
Sweet, chemistry scares the fuck out of me though so can't do anything chem related. How difficult was your doctoral program? How much advanced mathematics do you actually employ in the field (or your research) as a computational scientist?

>>686072596
How often do you trade good grades for sex?

>>686077293
I only feel it enslaves the majors who have no real world application. Any of my students who make it through my curriculum all have jobs that pay very well.

However the rising cost of college is terrible. The prices get raised due to the number of admins and hiring more useless people around the college. It is sad.

>>686073930
Any advice for doing well in P chem?

I gotta take the class this year, and all I hear from people that take it, is bad things.

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>>686077430
I am not...

Also all that crystal is for the customer!

Any advice for a 22 yo faggot who's about to enter college?
I'm gonna study business management... hopefully

>>686072596
yeah mr white yeah science bitch

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>>686072596
What rhymes with orange?

>>686077374
so you study the atomic version of micro-welds?

>>686077635
The doctoral program was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. I left with sever depression. I know no one who did not come out of it with extreme anxiety/depression.

In terms of mathematics a bit here/there. We use a lot of matrix mechanics.

What are some universal petpeeves that students generally wouldnt know professors have?

>>686072596
how much do you care when a student wants to pass and the studet does bad but keepscoming to see you for help? would you still pass them no matter what?

>>686077926
Spend time learning how to do calculus if you do not remember. Do every practice problem you can. Try to look at the bigger picture and realize what is the point of doing all the math (sometime some PChem professors do not explain this) as it can sometime feel pointless in the class.

>>686075249
But for the most part students just come and go and you dont really remember them right? Expecially since you teach gen. chem. I assume you have some pretty large classes for that.

>>686078041
Talk to your professors, meet in their office hours, and get internships. Do not spend the summer just relaxing or you will not end up with a job.

Your salary?

>>686077801
fair enough I personally despise the demonization of vocational trades After I retired from the Military I worked as an ROV pilot for $400/day and this job is obtainable with no degree whatsoever but the education system supports it's own.

Bureaucracy is like matter once created it cannot be destroyed merely displaced.

>>686078116
Sporange. Thank you magic the gathering lol

>>686078154
It could be looked at that way. I would say the work welds is extreme as it is too strong. I look more at the strength of band-aids lol

>>686078308
Interesting that higher level research employs matrices, though. Most people would probably assume you'd be using lots of calc. I hear chemistry/chemical engineering are some of the hardest majors, thoughts? Do you think other PhD programs may have been a little easier?

>>686078491
Turning in late homework is the worst. I lower a student's grade when they ask me for extra credit (it is in the syllabus). Asking for special privileges not available for everyone else in the class.

>>686077374
Have you done much with Rydberg atoms?

>>686078582
I only have class sizes up to 32 students. I try to keep in touch with any of my students who have a linked in. Also I fail about 33% of them, so the number gets even smaller. I may not remember the name, but I will remember the face.

>>686078614
Thanks m8

>>686078675
I make about 60k a year without grants/extra service.

>>686078116
No it doesn't?

>>686079355
Oh really? Is that a choice you get to make or is it just because of its a smaller campus? My chem class was pretty huge.

Any advice for a chemistry major student?

>>686079077
I think any science is hard because you have to find something new. Sometimes this is luck and sometimes it completely depends on your advisor. For example, my first project I had done in a week, but to do it the way my advisor wanted it took 2 years. In terms of the humanities/non science fields, they are easier. There are much less PhDs given out to those in the sciences/engineering compared to everything else.

>>686079319
Not in my research but I did take a course where I modeled these with something called Density Functional Theory (DFT)

>>686079652
The class size? It is all based on the campus. I used to teach at a place with 130 students in a section. I still remember most of them though.

>>686078514
THIS OP

>>686079174
Thats generally known as being disrespectful of the class.

What are some pet perves no one but professors would really know? What are the things professors complain about students doing at the water cooler?

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>>686079622
Faggot?

>>686072596
Do you use the Hartree-Fock method often in your work?

>>686079748
Find internships in the summer and do as much independent research as your schedule can allow. Learn how to use a GC-MS if you are planning on going from a BS into industry.

Do you honestly enjoy it when a student challenges your ideals and/or your views on controversial subjects.
Or does this just upset you causing you dispose that student?

>>686079355
33% damn. Like you purposefully try to maintain this percentage, or it just usually pans out that way?

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>>686078984
microwelds are the term for the little ripples on the surface of things, they are so small that you cant see them. Even the smoothest surface has them, and when objects sit on each other they lock into place kinda making the two objects stick together.
The way you described it, it sounded like atoms locking together via their outer electron rings or something, so it reminded me of microwelds.

>>686078514
I care that the student wants to pass.

If the student does bad though, they are in the wrong field. I rarely inflate grades beyond one letter grade. If a student is failing though I never bump their grade up. They are a lost cause. I am not here to push the weak along like some other majors/professors do.

>>686079754
Nice, good talking to you. Hope you discover some crazy shit and make a huge name for yourself, /b/ro. Godspeed

>>686080096
>>686078514

Not OP, but I teach...

If you're not passing my class, you don't belong. There aren't participation trophies passed out in the real world. I'll help. I'll encourage. But if you can't pass my class, you don't belong in the next one. Its time to readjust your life goals and rethink your major.

You don't want a shitty engineer designing bridges or an enthusiastic but pathetically bad neurosurgeon poking around your brain.

Being around, working hard, asking questions will give you the benefit of the doubt, but it isn't going to give you a pass.

>>686080097
Nothing really out of the norm. We make fun of kids who break glassware... but there is nothing out of the norm beyond being disrespectful. I hate it when female students come in with low cut shirts trying to get me to bump their grade up, or when they ask me to fuck them.

How does it feel knowing that physics is a much harder science than chemistry?

>>686080100
No U

>>686080187
Not really. HF usually does bad as it does not get any correlation. I usually use density functional theory (DFT) as it scales better (runs faster) and can better describe the electronic exchange and correlation (basically the hard part of modeling electrons).

>>686080268
I do love this. However, in chemistry there are not a ton of ideas to dispute as most of it is math. I do not see it as disrespectful. I think more students should be vocal, I mean you guys are paying for it. However these days, everyone is afraid to ask questions/talk to eachother. The start of class is quite as students stare at their phones rather than talking to eachother. It sucks for you guys... that is when I used to hit on chicks lol

>>686080284
It usually just works out that way. I was told when I worked at Penn State I had to enforce that.

>>686080799
B-but why? Hot chiquitas =\= hate profbro. Is it in trade for grades you hate?

>>686080268
You really only see this happen in fluff majors like anthropology or philosophy. Not sure many undergrads have the capacity to argue controversial chem matters desu. Unless perhaps they are precociously well aversed in statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics.

>>686080504
That is a neat term and I did not know about that! Thanks for sharing. I usually work with pristine surfaces that are flat. They might still have some of these but the atoms do not really lock it... It is quite difficult to talk about this stuff via a text box, sorry! lol

>>686080619
Thanks! Good luck in the future.

>>686080678
oh really faggot as professor, why the fuck you make my econ exam feel like a level 500 class and the final 35% of our grade pussy? no othe tests, no getting back to emails. Not grading any of our work even after final. unprpared peice of shit. Free pass? As if i didnt know thre are not any free passes you idiot, structure your class a little fucking better and I may pass along with 50% of the rest of the class. fucking faggot.

>>686080678
I am the op and this is a fact. If you could not pass the intro class there is no way you can handle the upper level courses.

>>686080799
How do you respond to girls when they say that to you?

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>>686080895
How does it feel to know who really runs the show pleb?

>>686081432
It is just annoying. I would not be willing to sleep with any student as I have been working 12 years to get the job I have. And as if I am cheap enough for one lousey fuck to change a grade.

>>686081805
Business, not humanities, runs the show.

>>686080597
well the bad grade is not in their major, for example information systems and doing shitty in an econ exam.

>>686081338
>had to enforce that

Do you know why that is? I have always been curious about that sort of thing. I never thought ablut professors specifically aiming for a certain fail/pass percentage, until just last semester I heard one mention something about it.

>>686081765
who said intro class?

>>686078116
Doorhinge

>>686081714
>uck you make my econ exam feel like a level 500 class and the final 35% of our grade pussy? no othe tests, no getting back to emails. Not grading any of our work even after final. unprpared peice of shit. Free pass? As if i didnt know thre are not any free passes you idiot, structure your class a little fucking better and I may pass along with 50% of the rest of the class. fucking faggot.
lol someone is salty. Did you ever go in and discuss this with the professor during his office hours?

>>686081791
I usually say "I am flattered but that is highly inappropriate/unprofessional." It sucks because sometimes they are super hot but I would not want to do that to my fiance/lose my job over one shitty bang.

>>686080895
I am a P Chemist, so I kinda do both...

I also have a BS in Chemistry and Physics so... yeah....

>>686082123
it was an online class, his hours were not a good time for me and i had work. I always try to get to a professors office hours

>>686072596
What's the best tactical RPG/series and why is it the Super Robot Wars multiverse?

In my gem chem 2 lab practical I remember this (cute) girl beginning to cry midway through. She had no idea how to even begin, so she began crying and pleading to the lab instructor that of she failed she wouldn't get into med school, yada yada... he ended up helping her and telling her what to do. What would you have done in this instance?

>>686082025
At Penn State they did not want any of the weak ones to make it through, and they will have no problem with enrollment/losing money. Someone will replace them. Other schools do not want to let students go because they lose money that way.

>>686082123
In your research are you looking for particular results, targeting certain applications?

>>686082375
Why did you choose chemistry over physics when you went to grad school?

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>>686072596
Do you get off on bullying children to depression and stealing their money for made up reasons?

>>686081982
It does not matter to me. If you are not good at chemistry, do not take my course. If you need the course, and you get a bad grade, you are not working hard enough.

>>686080997
Ah, makes sense. What sort of organic molecules does your research focus on?

>>686082474
I have no idea lol

>>686081714
I'm not failing the whole class. There are always some people that are hard working and smart enough to pass. And there are some that are destined to be ditch diggers. I've got a pretty good idea of which group you're in.

Freshman here. I'm currently majoring in chem eng but I'd really like to end up at a research institute for either chem or biomed. I figured I would major in chem eng as a fall back in case grad school doesn't work out but would this end up hindering my prospects?

Any other advice you could give to someone in my position?

>>686082087
Everything's an intro to something else.

You don't pass, you don't pass.

That's how we get accountants.

Finance>>econ>>accounting....

>>686082500
I would help the student. Tell them to stop crying. And then have them read it over again. Sometimes people get overwhelmed in the lab. The other thing is, most of these people are still teenagers. Hormones are horrible broh and sometimes people just need to be talked down.

>>686074174
HARVARD?!?!

>>686082403

>takes a shitty online class

>surprised when class is shitty

>never talks to professor

>fails

>bleeds salty about it

>>686082598
That is a hard question to answer... I usually am looking for particular results, but then find something different/interesting along the way and get sidetracked. The main application is to modify catalysts to produce the exact chemical someone would want. I want to be able to assert complete control over a molecule via its arrangement of atoms and to be able to do that you must be able to make it.

>>686082932
oh really faggot i have a 2.99 GPA and have only FAILED one course. So your assumption is wrong, on the other hand i know what group of professors you are in, and i can see your faggot ass with a low rating on rate my professor. fuck you!

>>686082634
Chemistry typically gets done sooner and has better job prospects. That and physicists are typically too general and can move on. Chemists are more OCD and have to know the specifics. I am a much better chemist than physicist.

>>686082639
Only the useless ones.

>>686083377

>proud of a sub-3 gpa at a school with online classes and massive grade inflation

>wants a participation trophy

Here's your (you)

>>686083227
it was not supposed to be shitty asshole! i studied hard as fuck for that course and its final! when in with an A and failed final. whats up now cock breath?!!!

>>686082831
Right now it is aromatic ones such as benzene but there are a ton of them.

>>686072596
ever fail a student out of spite?

>>686083595
I go to one of largest accredited schools on the west coast pussy.

>REKT

Hardest section in chemistry? Physical, organic, inorganic, or analytical?

>>686082592
So what happens if you happen to get a class of students who all do well enough to pass. Do they still want you to maintain that percentage, by bringing a couple of the borderline failing kids down? Also thanks for answering all of these questions.

>>686083059
I think you are in a good spot. That is a smart idea and you should be fine. I know some chemists who got PhDs in chem eng and some chem engs who got PhDs in chemistry. To be honest it really does not matter a ton. Just stay the course and get the highest gpa you can.

>>686083141
lol No. I am at a PUI.

>>686072596
is your office Sh 304?

>>686082403
>online
You answered your own question. The only students I have who like to take online courses are D and F students, as it is easy to cheat in them.

>>686083671
Do you ever get caught up in your research because of some subject you're not familiar enough with?

Do you ever need quantum physics for your research?

>>686083595
I am the op and this guy knows what is up.

>>686084116
there were no exams to cheat in or hw to cheat in. its all through a lab

>>686083811
I have wanted to more than ever last semester but I never do. I keep it as professional as I can.

>>686081621
Oh, well you're welcome. Im sure you have come across the term or concept at some point. The only place I have heard it mentioned was my 8th grade science teacher.. so she might have had some form of specialization in a different area of physics or something and just wound up getting a shitty job teaching children lol.
Yea I know trying to explain stuff on here is a pain. Well Im off for the night have a good one.
I just started college so if you make one of these tomorrow and not at two am Ill keep an eye out for it, Ill probably have a question or two.

>>686084334
Story?

>>686083924
I know it isn't exactly your field, but do you think majoring in chem eng and then going to grad for biomed is the smartest idea? I'm just worried that if I do end up choosing that path, I would end walking into grad school unprepared.

Do you work at a research institute? If yes, what's life like you for.

>>686083850
>going to school is hard

please stop
you're triggering my asthma

>>686083863
I did not find any of them hard. I scored the highest on my entrance exams on analytical, pchem, analytical, and organic... I cannot say much to that, sorry =/

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>>686072596
How do you feel about students who walk in late all the time with an $800 smartphone playing music in one hand, and a Starbucks cup in the other?

>>686082403
>online class
post discarded

>>686083916
I give the students what they get. I never actually abided by the 33% failure rating. They can try to tell you what to do, but the admin really will not do anything at all.

No problem answering the questions. I find it fun.

>>686083645
Hard working and stupid is still stupid, my friend.

>>686084549
>how do you feel about 90% of your students

>>686084027
Nope.

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>>686084126
>Do you ever get caught up in your research because of some subject you're not familiar enough with?
I am not sure what you mean here... sorry...
>Do you ever need quantum physics for your research?
Yes. My research mainly relies on quantum mechanics (I would not say physics).

>>686084465
coming from a faggot who has never earned a degree. you dont know the fucking countless hours and years it takes to do something like get an education. please stop youre triggering my radar for faggots who say "school is for idiots you dont need a degree tomake good money

How come so many college science professors are minorities and what can be done to increase the amount of whiteness?

>>686083377
>2.99 GPA
kek what a dumbass
who else here is 4.0?

>>686072596
Do you have children?

>>686075249
Jesus Christ anon, think of the stress you've caused them.

>>686076651
Was computer engineering worth it? I'm applying to places right now, and I'm really interested.

>>686084549
Go to James Madison University and this is what you would find
Sister went there, I spent a bunch of time on campus and sat in some classes. Literally half the kids there are these fags

>>686084428
I had an adult learning student who was a total cunt. She was older than me, and would just say unprofessional shit all the time and I would give it right back to her. She used to try to bully the other students and I had to throw her out a couple times. She would also make off handed comments about my teaching. I really thought about quitting teaching because of her. She made my dream job feel like utter shit. I hated walking into the classroom. The only thing that kept me going was the other students and knowing she hated my guts. It made me happy to know she had to sit there for an hour listening to me.

>>686084321
>its all through a lab
>economics
>economics lab
anon, are you attending trump university?

Yo professor, you cool man?

>>686084433
I would suggest to not do anything that has bio in the title. In my experience the bio related fields have too many people in them and it is tough to get a job. I am just going off the hear-say of my biochemist friends.

I work at a small liberal arts college but have had job offers to work at an R1 institute. I would not want that job as they are underpaid and overworked.

>>686085219
no, its some place in israel.

>>686085388
>economics
>Israel

muh shekels

>>686084549
I do not care. They usually fail out after the first semester in my class. Same with the ones who fall asleep. lol As long as they are not loud/distracting. I lose my shit if they are loud and make a big deal about entering the classroom. I have thrown several students out of the class for it.

>>686085219
anon youre a history major reeelax, stop acting like you are smart on /b/ faggot lololol

>>686084686
HA! Nah. My students respect me. I also make them turn in a daily homework assignment before the start of class. If it is not turned in by the start of class, it is a zero. It gets most in there on time.

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>>686085522
I'd have liked to see that...

>I'm that kiss-ass student no one likes but the professor.

>>686085522
you sound like a faggot professor OP

>>686085361
Pharma fag here, bio is in high demand and also has a lot of workers. The ones without jobs usually dont put in the effort to get back in the field since it has a high turnover in general. Some of my old coworkers were laid off 13 or 14 times and they weren't in their 40's.

>>686084902
I think it is because they are willing to take a job that pays so little. However, every place I have worked will not hire you if you are not a US permanent resident, so that weeds a ton of them out.

>>686084964
No. I do not expect to until I turn 35.

>>686072596
op if you're still here how much do you get paid for baby setting

>>686084988
??? Stress of who?

>>686085815
>pharmacy
>high demand

Opinion discarded

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>>686085355
Shit son, we cool.

>>686085361
I've heard this from all the people I've talked to, but doesn't working on the uncharted territory make it worth while?

I've also heard that grad school is a nightmare with regards to the workload. Do things become easier once you've gotten your degree or does it just keep on being shitty?

>>686080678
>tfw a brain condition slows me down making me have to take longer, therefore never having enough time to actually complete all of the assignments
>tfw b12 deficency fucked up my memory but Im hell bent on still making it
>tfw Im always going to be told "its just not right for you"

>>686085910
How old are you now?

And how much money do you earn per year?

>>686085502
>muh shekels
where?

>>686085798
top kek, I might be.

>>686085987
I get paid about 60k.

>>686086204
>im not stupid i have a excuse!!!

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>>686085682
>respect

Don't get respect mixed up with obidience. I had plenty of professors that employed like tactics and they usually had less than admirable qualities.

>>686085910
wow OP you are a virgin professor who is a faggot

>>686085798
you sound like a piece of shit student

>>686086515
>a excuse
I cringed.
I didnt use to be.. fml.

>>686086204
So, we make acommodations for people with actual learning disabilities to work through the exams. extra time, whatever their agreement says they get.

But again, it doesn't matter how hard you work and how much you want it.

If you can't do the work, you won't pass.

Your illness is not my fault.

I'm not physics like OP, I'm immunobio/premed. Shitty doctors shall not pass.

>>686086190
>I've heard this from all the people I've talked to, but doesn't working on the uncharted territory make it worth while?
Follow your dreams and passion anon. People said I would never be able to get my dream job and I did it. Just put your soul into whatever you do and things will work out.

Things get much better after you have the PhD in had. Graduate school was the best/worst time of my life. I would never go back except for the weed.

>>686086208
I am 28 now.

I earn about 60k a year teaching, more from grants and investments.

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Organic chemistry isn't real science it's just memorizing reactions

>>686072901
Autmatically a nigger. Fucking kill yourself

>>686086730
why the best/worst time?

Also thank you for doing this. This thread has been quite a good read.

>>686086275
kek

How do you feel about social sciences?

>>686086204
It isn't right for you. If you lack the mental capabilities to do it, you should be doing something else then. You do not see blind people being pilots or midgets being line-backers. Do something with your hands where you can make lots of money and be told what to do.

Bout to grad with BSc physics with astrophysics (britfag so 1 subject) but I've become somewhat disillusioned with physics, do you think I could go into physical chem with a physics degree? Thanks for any input realize it may not be totally applicable to Brit education system but advice is advice like

What are your thoughts on fat people?

>>686086535
lol I liked the picture in this one.

True. I am a shit-lord. I think respect and obedience go hand in hand. Honestly I do not give a fuck if they like me as long as they do what I tell them and they learn something.

>>686086817
Yes, but think of all the things you could do if you were trapped on a desert island with some ethanol, benzene, and zirconia catalyst...

>>686086543
Ha. 0/10

>>686086817
It is a memorization course if you have no idea what you are doing.

>>686086877
top kek. I would if I did not fear the nothingness of the void.

>>686087500
Are you OP?

>>686087210
Water purification? Or does that generate water?

>>686087188
At least you're honest, I do believe currently there is a problem with professors being more concerned with the "do what I tell them" than "learn something"
Would you agree?
Also do you enjoy the actual atmosphere of academia?
I've heard from many professors it's a vapid, cut throat place where kissing ass is valued over merit many times

How often do students offer to blow you for a grade?

>>686084893
it isn't, and you don't

>>686086912
The best time because you are learning new information, expanding your field, meeting people who are on your level for the first time, and you get the most freedom that others can only dream of.

It is also the worst time because money issues happen and you are not making enough to deal with major problems, you are always anxious because you feel like you need to be working (you do need to be working), everything you read online says that you will not get a job and be 100% unemployable, your advisor will pressure you, and most likely develop a mental disorder (depression and anxiety disorders are the most common).

And no need to thank me anon! It is fun and I am on summer vacation and have freed time for once lol

>>686087034
I hate that they call themselves sciences. I also hated taking those courses as an undergrad and felt they were way too easy.

>>686087114
Yes. You may have to take some remedial courses in chemistry, but that is not a biggie compared to someone who has taken fluid dynamics... trust me, lol

>>686087424
I got a 41 on the ACS exam for organic and I basically didn't study or care (studied throughout the course but was fed up by the end of the semester because there isn't anything to understand, just memorize).

>>686087744
>ethanol
>benzene
>water

...

>>686087151
I am skinny and never really had to work at it. I do feel like there is a general trend that the higher your wait the lazier you are and the lower your IQ is.

favorite food my professor?

>>686087584
Yes I am. I see no point to life but if this is all I have then i will do it to my best!

>>686087891
Where did you go for grad and how did you get through it?

>>686087744
Makes mustard gas.

>>686088179
You forgot two steps

>???
>profit

>>686087996

I was a social science major. Now I'm joining the Army as a helicopter systems engineer. I concur that the social sciences, as a whole, are far to easy. Most programs do a shit job at instilling quantitative reasoning into their undergrads, which really hurts them because graduate programs now rely heavily on computer modelling, statistical analysis, and quantitative methods. All of the important shit in economics and political science (my fields) can be found in non-required classes like calculus and computer programming, because those are the skills you need for research.

>>686087846
> At least you're honest, I do believe currently there is a problem with professors being more concerned with the "do what I tell them" than "learn something"
Would you agree?
I would say most want their students to learn something but feel it has to be done in the "do what I tell them" way.
>Also do you enjoy the actual atmosphere of academia?
In my department yes, outside it... i fucking hate it.
>I've heard from many professors it's a vapid, cut throat place where kissing ass is valued over merit many times
It is true. I am a kiss ass to my Provost, but she gives me money for my research so...
However I feel it is much less cut-throat and kiss-assish compared to industry.

>>686088179
Well wtf does the metal catalyst do? It can't reduce benzene can it?

Too autistic for physics?

>>686087877
Many offer but I have never taken one up on the offer.

>>686085157
Why did she hate you so much?

>>686088177
41 percentile or raw score? The raw score means nothing without the year of the exam...

>>686088694
Nice! How exactly do they offer? Do they literally get down on their knees and start trying to undo your pants? Or just straight up ask if they can blow you?

I teach at a community college. I've had over a thousand students. I've never had a direct offer. Feeling kind of fucking lame because of it. Or maybe I'm just too much of an autist to read signals. That's why I'm asking...

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>>686087996

Aside from the rigor of undergraduate classes and their self-declared status as sciences, do you think certain soft fields are useful (i.e. political science/economics/psychology).

>>686088414
I went to an R1 school in NY. I got through it because I am childish and refuse to give up. Good friends, a good lover, and weed helped.

>>686088144
Fairs thanks man was wondering, might try do a masters in it first though, know for a fact that PhD would ruin me if I tried it. Just concerned for what future holds I guess haha, should probs go back to nuclear phys ATM I guess tho, exam at 2, pray for me

>>686088815
Raw score, where you need a 45 or 50 to enter grad school, but luckily it was just the final exam for my undergrad orgo course.

>>686088656
Some can. But do you mean add hydrogens to it or add electrons?

>>686088687
Pretty much lolz

>>686085798
you sound like you're underage

>>686074174
You sound like a professor at Penn State...

>>686088738
Honestly, I feel like she hated me because we were the same age and I was insanely more successful than her. She would try to challenge me and I would put her down hard. She never won. I also made her look like an idiot on multiple occasions, but I would not have done that if she was just not such a cunt to me and the other students.

What was the stupidest thing your students turned in as a papers or exam?

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What would you do if a kid was shooting up the school and wanted to dead?

>>686088918
They usually straight up ask. Most of the time it is something they just want to do. The idea of having sex with a professor is hot to them.

Sometimes it is subtle though and I am not sure, but I have had 10+ ask to fuck.

>>686089002
I can understand why you wouldn't want to say the name of the school you currently work at, but what's the issue of saying the school you went to x number of years ago? But I guess that's your choice.

Anyways have a good night OP. I need to go and stop procrastinating on my calc studies.

>>686088984
No I do not. I feel like they are a huge waste of money and time. They have too many variables and the people who are in these fields do not seem to give a damn about them. Then they have the audacity to call their case study scientific. It makes me sick.

What if a girl claims you had sex with them for a grade and goes to the Dean saying they felt violated and raped because of it? How do you protect yourself from that kind of accusation?

>>686089495
Are you a pretty attractive guy? Or is it literally just the fact that you are a professor and its considered a sort of taboo that gsts you all these offers

>>686089009
I would suggest to go for the PhD and never go for a masters. You get paid to be a part of the PhD program and can usually leave with a masters at anytime.

>>686088637
Okay new can of worms real quick.
Cheating.
At my uni there was a problem for a while with Greek life having test matierals in certain courses. It is well known by students and faculty which frats/soros have these matierals. So on a broader scale are there steps you are required to take to combat cheating or is it up to you to prevent cheating?
Also have you ever caught a student cheating and if so what is the result?

This is something that always pissed me off at uni as I was a pretty average student and never cheated. I was always told if caught you'd be thrown out, but I had countless friends get caught and get nothing more than a zero on an assignment. Ty for your time prof, I'll make sure I stop by your hours

>>686089310
I did work at Penn State but left there for a better position =D

>>686089377
Nothing or just complete jibberish thinking I did not actually read their lab reports.