First year experience/pressure/drama

Professor_X
Fri, 04 May 2007 14:54:16 +0000

As a matter of fact, the most senior Professor Emeritus still has those feelings.

Don’t believe me? It is referred to in many faculty circles as “the Phony Police.” They visit you at any time of the day or night, asserting your inadequacy, and demanding that you produce proof of your worth as a human being. They show up often when journal articles are rejected, or when the comments suggesting revision are venomous. When you show them proof of your adequacy, they still convince you that your work is a sham, and you will soon be discovered for the fraud you are.

Ironically, if you are an academic and you don’t have these feelings, then you ARE a fraud. ;)