tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068619684895530539.post901484424222105265..comments2023-06-15T04:04:25.958-07:00Comments on Stuck in the Middle with You: Grad SchoolKennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199895911184527653noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068619684895530539.post-72137071582526100102011-03-15T22:18:17.433-07:002011-03-15T22:18:17.433-07:00Well, the instructors might view me as somewhat of...Well, the instructors might view me as somewhat of a peer. However, I am fairly sure that the professors don't even view the instructors as (academic) peers. Although, perhaps this is my particular insight into how little I actually know speaking. On the other hand, I really do feel like students (outside of my students) are my peers, because I still live a student's life (in as much as I ever have).<br /><br />Anyway, glad to see you back!Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03199895911184527653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068619684895530539.post-15599957861077150662011-03-15T16:58:17.332-07:002011-03-15T16:58:17.332-07:00I think you are most definitely the prof and not t...I think you are most definitely the prof and not the student. Here's why. Right now, you could apply for an instructor's position at any university in the land and be fully qualified for that job, and in fact, are doing that right now at MSU. That you are also a student, well, there is a big difference between what you are doing and the schlub who is out there battling for his BS. That guy is a student, you are simply working on your Ph.D. so you don't have to be an instructor all your life and can actually get onto a tenure track, eventually. <br /><br />When I was at WI, many year ago, I had a few, younger profs who were doing exactly what you are doing. They were hired as instructors with MS degrees and then told to go get a doctorate within a certain amount of time. Most simply pursued that right at UW (not the one in Seattle, you silly), but two of my favorites got their Ph.D's from OSU (yes, the one in Corvallis). I see no difference between what they did and what you are now doing. They were my profs, but they were also looked at as profs by other profs in the math department, and I bet you are too.Franknoreply@blogger.com