This is blog for all the tired and frustrated graduate (or medical, dental, law, etc.) students out there who need a place to vent in a humorous way. Post anything you want (except you can't say "everything," because it's a given that grad school is bad for (mostly) everything), and pass this along to others in need of some comic relief.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Judgment
This all relates to the constant state of ego depletion (Baumeister et al., 1998) that grad school induces in us otherwise rational and competent adults. However, forever being forced to decide between two or more difficult choices at any given moment (Which test do I use with these analyses? Are my data parametric or not? Who will be third author and will it ruin my career? WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE?!) creates a gap in our ability to make good choices by the end -or middle- of a day. Symptoms of this ego depleted state and lack of good judgment may involve multiple trips to Jack In the Box late at night because someone wanted curly fries. But that's just a hypothetical example.
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High-five for referencing ego depletion. Well, a sad, resigned high-five.
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