Lego Grad Student

[Lego Grad Student]

Hearing a colleague call his new research “interesting,” the grad student is unsure whether she is being supportive, indifferent, or hostile.

[Lego Grad Student]

Filling out the “Significance” section of a grant proposal, the grad student gets a chance to exercise his creative writing skills.

[Lego Grad Student]

Trying to grade sixty papers, read 800 pages, write three proposals, and reply to 50 e-mails in four days, the grad student simply cannot.

[Lego Grad Student]

Attending the panel that rejected his paper proposal, the grad student inwardly trashes each presenter’s research.