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Tag: phd student

June 28, 2026 at 10:35 am

“They Sabotaged My Doctorate”: Defiant PhD Graduate Reaches Breaking Point and Fires a Brutal Parting Shot at His Faculty Advisors

College student working on his thesis

His logic is hard to argue with.

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June 1, 2026 at 4:35 pm

A Grunt Work PhD Student Sent an Unfiltered Email to Their Boss. The Desperate Apology Note Is a Workplace Masterclass

stressed out PhD student

Shooting off an email when you’re tired and stressed out is often a bad idea.

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March 25, 2026 at 1:45 pm

Her Rich Friend Got A PhD And Was Asked To Give A Speech About It, But Her Speech Only Talked About Her Hard Work, So She Told Her She Should Say How Privileged She Is

Woman giving speech

What exactly did she want her to say in the speech?

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March 23, 2026 at 3:22 pm

PhD Student Was Asked By Department Chair To Apply For A Visiting Professor Role, But After The Position Was Canceled, He Landed A Tenure Track Job And Told The Chair He Planned To Recruit Their Students

PhD student shaking hands with the Department Chair who used to be over him

Those tables sure turned. 

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November 26, 2025 at 11:35 am

His Lab Colleague Gave Him The Wrong Bacteria For A Test, So He Made It Work And Returned The Proper Material, Leaving His Colleague Confused As To Why He Did It

Lab workers

Apparently working in a lab comes with drama.

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October 4, 2024 at 5:49 am

PhD Student Meets Their Match When Teacher Takes Their Lesson Plan Feedback Literally

Source: Reddit/MaliciousCompliance/Unsplash/Monica Melton

Teachers are there build their students’ confidence, not micromanage.

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