Freedom and quals

Okay! Finally I'm a qualified person! What a sense of freedom!

Nothing like something as stressful as quals to make you feel like you are on holidays when youn get back to your daily overloaded routine! =DD

 

Quals are here

Okay... The day after tomorrow are my quals, and the insecurity and anxiousness are here...

Do you believe in life after quals?

TAing is over!!!!

Finally it's over! Today was their last exam, ok, we still have to grade them and all that, but now we can see the light at the end of the tunnel!

It was very tiring, and some students were really rude and ungrateful. It makes me sad to see how little they've learned compared to some of  their classmates, they don't realise the opportunity they are waisting. I got even mad at them sometimes. This class in general was really tough to bear, even though I obviously cared about some of the students who were nice to us!

But at the end it is really gratifying to see how some of them reacted and were glad to be there. We even received gifts! :)

My life right now...

It's exactly how I feel studying for quals... :(

Quals

Now it's official! December the 10th at 10am... OMG!!!

Biologist's Day

Once I took an oath, an oath that, as a free translation to english, went something along these lines:

"I swear, upon my faith and my honor and according to the biologist's ethical principles, to practice my professional activities with honesty, for the defence of life, stimulating the scientifical, technological and humanistic development with justice and peace" *

Today is the day all those who took the same oath in some point of their lives have to celebrate...


Congratulations to all the biologists out there! Happy Biologist's Day!!

* Original text: "Juro, pela minha fé e pela minha honra e de acordo com os princípios éticos do Biólogo, exercer as minhas atividades profissionais com honestidade, em defesa da vida, estimulando o desenvolvimento científico, tecnológico e humanístico com justiça e paz"

PhD comics

Then again a new page from the blog... This one to discuss research, the daily life of a researcher grad student...

Nothing better to start, then recomending the most amazing website depicting our lifes... It's funny, sometimes it's sad or despairing... It's all there: PhD Comics!!