tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post1997749589495266626..comments2024-01-30T19:45:36.648+11:00Comments on Lounge of the Lab Lemming: Post-docs with studentsC W Mageehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-71556241576127193102007-05-31T20:29:00.000+10:002007-05-31T20:29:00.000+10:00I ever said teenagers weren't great at tutoring, o...I ever said teenagers weren't great at tutoring, or nannying, or baby sitting...Dr. Lemminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283138709890438772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-87094081073902111392007-05-31T01:39:00.000+10:002007-05-31T01:39:00.000+10:00Really depends on the post-doc...like professors, ...Really depends on the post-doc...like professors, some are much more likely to put the work and dedication into being a good mentor. <BR/>Others will be at best useless, and at worst detrimental, to the students development.BrianRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930245080333999989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-26331979622179925142007-05-31T01:02:00.000+10:002007-05-31T01:02:00.000+10:00I don't have any formal students, but I I help adv...I don't have any formal students, but I I help advise a bunch, and I actually think it is a reasonable part of my professional development. Like TA-ing helps develop your teaching skills, this helps develop my advisorial skills, maybe make my first actual students (of course assuming I land an academic job) less of a big deal. Easy for it to be taken too far though, potentially very dangerous forThermochronichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08606230819461771700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-51142931096245347242007-05-31T00:57:00.000+10:002007-05-31T00:57:00.000+10:00It's not teenage pregnancy, it's worse: casualizat...It's not teenage pregnancy, it's worse: casualization. Gee, I just love capitalism.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16995641658376827290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-64479610855306262342007-05-30T18:59:00.000+10:002007-05-30T18:59:00.000+10:00Dang, I hope not: I'm a postdoc with a part share ...Dang, I hope not: I'm a postdoc with a part share in a PhD candidate and an MA student...John S. Wilkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417266986565803683noreply@blogger.com