From The Guardian: here’s an amusing list from Patrick Tomlin at Oxford: “The eight types of graduate student“ (thanks lychee fan for the article)
Any of them seem familiar? And then there are the graduate students who are a few different types rolled into one, with those competing impulses waging an eternal struggle. #6 strikes a chord with me:
“6. The One Who Just Needs Answers: They really are motivated purely by the desire to find answers about their specific area of interest.”
And, a semi-related and amusing contribution from PhD Comics:
