I have a lot of issues with the concept of role models (not the phrase itself) as I struggle to empathise with people who have them.
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Replying to @o_guest @kirstie_j and
I should work on understanding that people need role models and respect that they don't like metaphorically "killing" them.
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Replying to @o_guest @kirstie_j and
Role models are important to many people. I never realised that until others called me one. I never realised just existing can make you one.
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Replying to @o_guest @kirstie_j and
This is why visibility of URMs and ERCs is vital, because many of us actually need role models.
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Replying to @o_guest @kirstie_j and
Altho I'd warn those who see me as a role model that I nearly died quite a few times. Being "like" somebody means realising they are flawed.
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Replying to @kirstie_j @o_guest and
hm when i was a msc student there were PIs i admired so much for their work, i was nervous talking to them like a teenager who has a crush
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Replying to @maria_ndrnh @kirstie_j and
See? That's the thing if you don't tell me these things you all I have no idea of knowing because I have never felt this way!
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Replying to @o_guest @kirstie_j and
i see that in a lot of phd students who permanently talk about their supervisor and what he thinks of them.
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Replying to @maria_ndrnh @kirstie_j and
I wish I could freely speak to more people to see this in action but I'm an introvert etc... I worry about such people because they are prob
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not only wasting their time trying to model their supervisor's mind but also starting with really flawed model anyway... Hmmm.
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