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Old 06-29-2008, 11:36 AM   #16
McMack
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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman View Post
Actually whats grounds for firing in the real world is not having the aptitude to figure things out yourself. The best people would be the opposite of that, not the ones that always need their lunch fed to them. IF you can't excel in anything you take, regardless of who your professor is, than that is your problem, if you prefer certain profs that is fine too. No need to get your panties in a knot over someone else's opinion and experience, that would be called extreme.
In the "real world" incompetent bosses would be fired; in academia, they survive forever.
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