I almost got the feeling that being told "You're not cut out for research" is some rite of passage. I at least was told I'd never stick around, too.https://twitter.com/tpoi/status/1101205736812621824 …
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You know what, let's actually check in the most scientific way possible: post PhD academics, are you part of the "won't make it in science" club? (Sorry, PhD students and scientists outside academia, I know you're there!)
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oh I was told that during high school. Teacher: you say here you want to do research, but that isn't very realistic, is it.
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Replying to @rebekahwegener @chbergma
THAT REMINDS ME! In primary school a teacher told me, when I said I wanted to be a scientist, that I cannot because I have to be a model. Primary school. And to my mum's face.
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That's so gross.
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And you did go into modeling after all!
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I guess your teacher was one of those who thinks modeling isn’t science ..
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Very unprofessional vibe. Given how often he told me I was pretty. I was about 10.
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urrrrgh! That is so wrong. How do people think it is ok to say these things
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Well, let's just say it's pretty bad where I grew up. It's totally unregulated. If you are very bad you just get moved to office work for the MoE. 
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