Funny

read this on writing a PHD thesis from a Harvard webpage by chance and found it really funny, but also reminds me of my own expericnes

Growth of a star (the transformation process that some students go through to become a mature researcher)–which stage are you in?

Knowing everything stage
Student: “I have designed a supercomputer even before graduate school.”
Faculty: speechless
Totally beaten up stage
Student: speechless
Faculty: smiling at the student’s progress so communication is possible now.
Confidence buildup stage
Student: “I am not stupid after all.” (student thinks)
Faculty: “Uh oh, she is ready to argue.” (faculty think)
Calling the shot stage
Faculty: “I am going to design an n-processor supercomputer.”
Student: “You are crazy, because …”