tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post5612275566799105757..comments2024-03-25T02:33:41.590-05:00Comments on FemaleScienceProfessor: Routine GoodFemale Science Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-26940850817002717132011-03-01T20:28:38.000-06:002011-03-01T20:28:38.000-06:00I just want to thank you for giving me that opport...<i>I just want to thank you for giving me that opportunity to hone my letter-writing skills.</i><br /><br />Oh, sweet Jesus.Another anonymous onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-12586484293518675042011-03-01T15:19:54.204-06:002011-03-01T15:19:54.204-06:00You're welcome:)You're welcome:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-28649986939122735142011-03-01T15:12:13.734-06:002011-03-01T15:12:13.734-06:00Dear (Grad Student),
I want to thank you for bein...Dear (Grad Student),<br /><br />I want to thank you for being my student all these years. I have found it very rewarding to show you how to do research; to write grant proposals to provide funding for you; to read and re-read and re-re-read your manuscript drafts, thesis chapters, conference abstracts, and proposals; to meet with you each week and share in your setbacks and triumphs; to give you advice about courses, research obstacles, and dilemmas; to introduce you to my colleagues so you could start making connections to help with your later career; and best of all..!!! writing 17 letters of reference for you in this past year alone!!! I tailored each one to the position for which you were applying, and I just want to thank you for giving me that opportunity to hone my letter-writing skills. Of course you don't need to thank me -- I was just doing my job. This is all about YOU!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-46082580980135548012011-03-01T13:47:20.275-06:002011-03-01T13:47:20.275-06:00I thought you were going to discuss the service ac...I thought you were going to discuss the service activities that we are often called upon to volunteer for, that are truly done as favors -- usually being a guest speaker, panelist, or presenter for different campus organizations, programs, your college, etc. I usually receive a real hardcopy thank-you note for doing these, which I do appreciate. Sometimes I even receive some kind of real gift, like a bag or water bottle -- these I could do without. A hardcopy thank-you note is very nice, and plenty of appreciation for me. These groups could better use the funds on the program!<br /><br />It's worth some discussion on who participates in these campus volunteer activities. They take time, and they don't get you any glory. I do them because I feel that we ALL need to do one or two of these a year, just to chip in. We're so proud of all the groups and programs that our institution offers our students, but they rely on our input for success. In general, though, I feel that only a minority of the faculty do any of these, and it's always the same ones who end up doing a lot of them. The effort really should be more uniformly shared.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-38533586003819592542011-03-01T13:02:11.695-06:002011-03-01T13:02:11.695-06:00I think it is the advisers responsibility to thank...I think it is the advisers responsibility to thank their students!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-2673751233228714212011-03-01T12:18:59.381-06:002011-03-01T12:18:59.381-06:00I was tempted to send my undergrad advisor a thank...I was tempted to send my undergrad advisor a thank-you note after writing all those letters (for grad school, then for fellowships). <br /><br />But I sent him data instead. And then more data. And I'll continue that for the next four years. (I think he likes the data more than a note anyway.) Yay for collaboration!Ψ*Ψhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089754859676425655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-31112875350904164692011-03-01T11:46:38.851-06:002011-03-01T11:46:38.851-06:00I've thanked all my rotation and undergrad sup...I've thanked all my rotation and undergrad supervisors for their time with me. It is usually done either immediately after I've submitted a report for the project with them or just after I've finalised where I would be going next. I think that it is quite important as it kinds of let them know that I've really appreciated them and it's just good manners. In a sense it also helps to remind me of all the investment/help that others have given me when slightly on a bad day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-68081115014829744952011-03-01T09:39:07.162-06:002011-03-01T09:39:07.162-06:00I don't buy the 'OMG, grad school applicat...I don't buy the 'OMG, grad school applications are so stressful and the decision is so huge that I don't need to tell my letter writers what my decision is or even thank them for helping me get into grad school' explanation. Once the decision is made, it would be good to take a break from being so (somewhat necessarily) self-absorbed and thank those who helped.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-64205150192384052722011-03-01T09:30:20.012-06:002011-03-01T09:30:20.012-06:00My students are surprisingly good about thank-you ...My students are surprisingly good about thank-you notes and even thank-you gifts: plants, tea, office decorations, etc. This was an unexpected benefit of becoming a professor, and you are right, FSP: feeling appreciated does make everything else just a bit easier.Susan B. Anthonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-8602261953062028932011-03-01T09:28:09.307-06:002011-03-01T09:28:09.307-06:00I love sending thank you notes to profs and other ...I love sending thank you notes to profs and other teachers I've had. I know it makes them happy to be appreciated so it makes me happy to share my appreciation. Goodness all around.<br /><br />I don't remember if I sent thank you notes or let my letter writers know where I ended up going for grad school. That was such a stressful experience, you can't blame the students for being a bit spacey when they are overwhelmed with deciding where to go for grad school for the next 5-10 years. I'm sure most of them were thankful, they just may have forgotten to communicate their thanks in the graduate school rush.Stephanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-50954949126102904602011-03-01T08:16:11.590-06:002011-03-01T08:16:11.590-06:00I've received thank-yous from students regardi...I've received thank-yous from students regarding my efforts to be a good teacher (which were each a very pleasant surprise), and I've received thank-yous from my lab mates for my efforts to be a good/helpful colleague (also greatly appreciated). However (surprisingly? not surprisingly?), I have yet to receive a single thank-you for all of the letters of recommendations I've written (10 letters for 6 students since November alone). Nor did any of the student I wrote letters for last year let me know whether they got into their program.studyzonenoreply@blogger.com