10 Things Research should NOT be about
The guide is always right. No matter who's mistake it is. The guide does not need to be clear, consistent or correct. They just need to be the guide. It is the PhD scholar's job to keep the lab clean. And remember where everything is kept. Or know what every student is upto. Or conduct practicals and tutorials, usually without much prior notice. Because doesn't everyone likes making a fool of themselves by trying to teach someone else, unprepared? There is only correct way to do research. Innovation is over-rated. And the only correct way to do research is what the guide was taught by their guide. "Your thesis should be a mini-copy of mine" sound familiar? Undergraduates are useless at research. Because every guide likes "obedient" (= mute) students, who needn't know why they're doing what they're doing. Because scientific curiosity is also over-rated. And haven't we all noticed that undergraduates haven't had their scientific c