#funnily enough i DO have a cs project idea that would best be advised by my biblical hebrew professor. who is. not in my department at all. | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

dihalect · 2 years ago

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so. i am in a masters program in [computer science specialty]. we have an option to do a thesis in our final semester. and a friend of mine wants to do one. it's by far the best option for their academic career. they have an excellent idea for it, and a professor who's enthusiastic about advising it. the problem is, that professor is in the computer science department, not [computer science specialty]. and according to the current department chair, that's completely unheard of. absolutely can't have a non-[specialty]-department professor advise a [specialty] student. (never mind that the [computer science specialty] department is a part of the computer science department.)

thing is. current department chair simply does not like this friend, because of a bullshit academic disagreement. she DOES, however, like me. i have oodles of rapport with her. i have half a mind to ask her if i could do a thesis like the one my friend wants to, just to see how she responds.

#wouldve put this in one of my irl discord servers but id be worried about someone from my department making a stink about it #funnily enough i DO have a cs project idea that would best be advised by my biblical hebrew professor. who is. not in my department at all.#and i have a meeting with [chair] about something else next week #this project doesnt even involve my specialty. so i know even asking about doing it will make her think a little less of me academically.#but like. i fuckin need to know #she doesnt know how close me and [friend] are so i don't think she'd see through it #although one of the other faculty was kinda within earshot while [friend] and i were talking about this and i suggested the above.#there is a small but non-zero chance this other faculty member *may* have overheard and *may* mention this to [chair]#but like. i doubt it. and ngl it's worth the risk #txt #sorry if this doesnt make sense. omitted details for the sake of what little anonymity i have

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