MABB v6.6.6

rhino wrote: ↑

08 Apr 2022, 07:10

I'm not in the loop anymore

Back in the day it was dirt weed, decent weed, good weed, and this shit will get you high as fuck weed

Luke, you need to take some time to pause and reflect on how things have gone thus far and the reasons that Carly has had to withdraw from active involvement at this juncture. Actually her involvement was well beyond what was asked of her but she committed to assisting you at this point thinking that we would see evidence of a change in your stance, let's say, in relation to your research and writing that would then make a significant difference to the drafting of chapters that follows. Our idea, strategy, if you like, was that some strong and deliberate input now would shake you from a kind of torpor that envelops your work, that prevents you from seeing how it might be and why it must be a different kind of writing in which you invest from the one that you have thus far seemed set upon investing in, and make what follows time well spent. Thus far the strategy hasn't succeeded, so I need to turn to you, to ask you to take the time to consider why this hasn't happened and how it might, to have you take more responsibility for your work than just to agree to submit something by such and such a date each month -- bearing in mind that the commitment was to do that in a manner and according to a standard that we agree is worthy of submission for a thesis. I know that you don't want to write flaccidly but just to keep saying that you'll try to do better isn't, frankly, good enough. Actually, it's empty of meaning: it's a childish response, in the manner of one scolded who says they'll try harder or better. We have repeatedly pushed you to respond in ways that show you are engaging on another level with your subject matter and those pieces of writing that we've discussed together but repeatedly your tendency is just to say that you agree, that you understand, that okay, you'll do this or that, all of which are like the "do better" line empty of contents.

The problem isn't one of quantitative improvement, it's one of how you find your way to a completely different outlook about what you're doing and why from the one that you have presently. We've tired ourselves out, Carly and I, trying to get you to that place and increasingly just telling you that's what you have to do and at this juncture I need to hear from you how you think we might proceed: and that's not to say, just get the next draft of whichever chapter to me by whatever date, because I'm not going to read any more drafts until the terms of engagement, such as they are, have been reset, and the possibility of resetting depends, ultimately, on you.

So take some time to think things over. As much as you need. Then, and only then, write me an account, an outline, of how we might proceed. If I see enough evidence in that of retrospection, reconsideration and reevaluation of your project and your stance towards it we'll talk again.

jawn galliano wrote: ↑

10 Apr 2022, 21:41

holy moly

if anyone ever sent me an email like that i would promptly crawl into a hole and never again emerge

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User wrote: ↑

10 Apr 2022, 14:31

well

i just can't get back into it, the last two chapters i provided have been met by serious, serious bad vibes. read this email from my supervisor:

Grudge wrote: ↑

12 Apr 2022, 22:24

User wrote: ↑

10 Apr 2022, 14:31

well

i just can't get back into it, the last two chapters i provided have been met by serious, serious bad vibes. read this email from my supervisor:

The individual who wrote that is actually displaying some unprofessionalism by being that harsh. He has no excuse for using personal attacks (calling you childish). And it seems to me they got carried away in that letter.

On your part, why are you not addressing the concerns from your supervisor? Can't you provide some sort of plan or flow chart indicating what the next few weeks are going to look like for fixing the stuff being mentioned?