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Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:20

My first difficulties towards my PhD

I think that the man in the photo, completely describes my situation over the last weeks. My problem is that I cannot find subjects who are not math-anxious in order to continue my experiments! Is it so hard??? The last four months over 700 students of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki have completed the AMAS test, and from all these subjects only 17 fitted my needs and wanted to participate in my research... Is this possible???

This is the first time that I am using this blog in order to post my personal thoughts or opinions, and I am doing this because I would like to ask you all if you are facing the same problems like me. I don't know what's happening in the other countries of the UE or in the USA, but here in Greece we lack a lot from organization. I know that in institutes in other countries there are seperate departments which can help you find subjects for your PhD purposes. This seems to me like an illusion with our standards.

On the other hand, our under-gradudate students, at least, are completely bored to participate in such kind of activities, or they lack from motivation, I am not so sure. I think that the new generation (I know that I am speaking like an old man now :P) hasn't completely understand the meaning of science and the University's role...

Opposed to all these, I want to close this post with a chemistry student's asnwer, who gave me when I asked him why he wants to participate in further experiments. He said me the following:

"I can understand your agony to finish your PhD, and if I was in your case I wanted others to help me"

I wish a lot of us were thinking samely...

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Manousos Klados

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