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If you couldnt care less if I think you're stupid, why did you implore me in your previous post not to call you stupid.
You are not only stupid, but inconsistent & incoherent.

I hate you.

Also, you're stupid

Again, it's not true that it "doesn't mean anything"-- it means that they need your address in order to mail the decision letter

emphasizing "didn't mean anything" by italicizing it only makes you look stupider

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PS- I am going to kill you, Encomendero

Alien Vaccination

(someone please say 'plant hybrid' so I can say 'Alien Hybrid'!!!)

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I'm sure you all saw this post in The Lobby
What do you say we start a game in here?

I'll start--

Back Pain

Anyone in the humanities/social sciences should pick up Graduate Study for the Twenty-First Century: How to Build an Academic Career in the Humanities by Gregory Colon Semenza. It's written in a very strong voice and the author has specific opinions, so it's not everyone's cup of tea (contentious advice includes not wasting your time at grad conferences and only doing department or university level service instead of volunteering for grad associations). I love this book because he's aware of the current job market, and what one has to do to succeed in it, but his advice is empowering and calming instead of panic-inducing. When I was drowning myself in service and teaching, reading this book helped me back up and reprioritize my time and energy.

http://www.amazon.ca/Graduate-Study-Twenty-First-Century-Humanities/dp/1403969361/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267804060&sr=8-2

Maybe SSHRC was swamped with requests from last year's direct-to-Ottawa A-Listers complaining about a severe dip in the quality of their school work directly after receiving their scores.

It's not so bad... in 6 weeks at the best and 10 at the worst we'll know the only score that matters.

Especially in the humanities and social sciences, doing an unfunded degree is a very bad idea. You'll be eligible for TA/RA work, but how many positions are available compared to grad students who want them? Are the sources that fund them stable? Worst case scenario, you move out there and go into debt, and then the jobs that were supposed to keep you from going into even more debt get canceled, their stipends get cut, they get spread around too many students and you end up in $60, 90, 120 grand of debt. It would certainly be too risky for me.

I agree with the others--congrats on the admit, but hold out for a funded offer. In this climate, unfunded degrees are just not worth the risk.

I would slow down and not think about new applications for now for a number of reasons:

- looking at the other thread, it's clear that you guys are in a lot of turmoil and are probably not thinking super clearly at the moment
- a second master's degree (especially in the humanities or social sciences!) has next to no value in terms of employment or academia, and risks making him look like a dilletante
- the focus seems to be on keeping him in school at any cost, rather than intentionally building a specific career
- if he holds our for a year, he'll be able to apply to schools based on fit, funding, and prestige rather than on deadline date

Finally, and with respect, I wonder why he isn't on here figuring this stuff out for himself.

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Baby Alien

This week, maybe next.
Any day now

This statement is suspect given the fact it is a generalization (at best) and a faith statement (at worst). It is a de jure attack posing as a de facto statement and probably not appropriate for a forum where despairing people are desperately seeking hope.

Don't you ever tire from making enemies?

It's true. Another philosopher will tell you
Read "The Non-Existence of God" published by Routeledge

The concept of "God" is philosophically untenable

Yeah, actually it means that someone looked on my resumé and typed in my e-mail address to send a message rather than automatically sending me a message via a listserve

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