What do professors expect from 1st year PhD students?

Answer: There is one thing that all supervisors expect from 1st year, 2nd year.​.​.​ Long's Digest Top Stories For You What do professors expect from 1st year PhD students? Nuno Garcia, PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, Chair of AAPELE IC1303 COST Action. Written Apr 22, 2018 There is one thing that all supervisors expect from 1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, (…) students, and that if you have it, you are for sure doing a great job as a PhD student: ...  Read More » A 100-strong WW2 era enemy army is approaching your house. You are allowed one modern day weapon. What do you choose and why? Danny Bagg, Interested in African bush wars, 1960-90 Updated Apr 20 OK, I have a hundred infantrymen, probably armed with bolt-action rifles, perhaps a machine gun or two, and hand grenades, approaching my house. Against this kind of firepo...  Read More » What is the most embarrassing public experience you've had? Emila Irus, SEO Expert and Content Writer (2018-present) Updated Sep 30 I used to go to a pub down the street from my house every Friday after work. I became quick friends with the owner and the bartender. One day I had a few too many, the bart...  Read More » What do the "incompetent" PhD students who drop out of research opt as a career choice? Arun Srinivasa, Ph.D Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering, University of C... Written Sep 22 Students drop out of PhDs for many reasons and incompetence is rarely one of them. The most common reasons that I have seen is (a) burnout/lack of motivation (b) huge disag...  Read More » Would the Samurai sword be the sharpest blade in existence? Andrew Christianson, amateur armaments researcher (it's a hobby) Updated Jun 30 Not even close. The katana (or "samurai sword") has quite a bit of renown for being sharp, but…so are most other swords. But none of them can equal the sharpness of, say, a...  Read More » Did soldiers sit on their helmet when in transit on a helicopter, during the Vietnam War? If so, why? Edward Davis, MSN Infomatics, Aspen University (2019) Updated Jun 29 Yes that was a common thing for a number of reasons. Lets start with the visuals This is the classic Iteration of the Bell UH-1 Iroquois or the colloquial "Huey" This was the...  Read More » Cops, what was the best thing anyone said in response to being pulled over? Matthew Morris, Lieutenant of Professional Conduct and Standards at Sheriff's Office (2018-prese... Written Jun 17 I pulled over a young male for going about 20 MPH over the speed limit. I walked up to the window and explained that I pulled him over for speeding, and I asked why he was ...  Read More » What is the most ridiculous thing you have heard a teacher say? Amira Skulte Written Aug 28 Okay, so we're in sex ed talking about consent and a guy asks how you'd know if a girl wants to have sex with you. The teacher answers the question with something like "well...  Read More » What did the WWII Marines think of Japanese soldiers? Andrew Winter, former Armored Reconnaisance Specialist, (Aka Cav. Scout) (1985-1989) Written Mar 7 whew… No one want's to air dirty laundry, but it is sometimes an historian's job to do so. The clash between Japanese soldiers and American Soldiers, (not just Marines), was...  Read More » Why do gun owners frown upon open carry? Kevin Baker, Autodidact. Studied the topic since 1994. Written Jun 5 Well, I'm a gun owner, and I have open carried, but I draw a distinction between something like this: and something like this: The first is someone exercising his right to ke...  Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please unsubscribe.http://www.quora.com/