Wow. This is a horrible practice! Do defending students need to provide refreshments at a PhD defense? To say I'm horrified and bewildered is putting it mildly. This is an obligation of the university & of the department. If it were my own PhD students, *I* would buy refreshmentshttps://twitter.com/JacquelynGill/status/989512200304852993 …
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Replying to @raulpacheco
It's one of those things that's never formally stated, but it's done routinely. I've never seen a PI or committee member say they expect it, and yet it's really prevalent in the departments I've worked in. I totally agree that it shouldn't be on the defending student.
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Replying to @JacquelynGill @raulpacheco
We aren't allowed to take our own refreshments in case we bribe them with food
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I still laugh at the idea that I make such good brownies that they could bribe my committee into giving me a PhD I didn't deserve
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Replying to @RallidaeRule @DaniRabaiotti and
I mean, I make good brownies but come on
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Depends what you put in the brownies
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Replying to @DaniRabaiotti @RallidaeRule and
I presume you're referencing adding chocolate chips to the brownies of course
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This was a bad thread to follow mid-fast.
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