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        <![CDATA[ I hate saying that, because I&#39;ve put four years (in what is supposed to be a 2 - 2 1/2 year program) and a lot of effort into it, but I&#39;m coming to the
end of my rope. I just found out that I&#39;m going to be getting a job in Washington state, working for a federal agency. I am SO tempted to just say,
&quot;Screw it. I&#39;ve had enough.&quot; and leave. My adviser is absolutely terrible. Don&#39;t get me wrong, I&#39;m not blaming this whole disaster on
him, but he definitely had a... ]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: So, yeah.  I'm thinking I may not finish my Master's degree. ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">Samantha James wrote:</strong>
  <hr>
  You need to be much more persistent and aggressive with getting him to do his job. You have to stay on top of him and not let months go by where he
  doesn&#39;t respond.
  <br>
  <br>
  Don&#39;t quit because it would be such a waste. You might really regret not hanging in there.
</blockquote>I agree with this.  I would have never let that much time go by without a response.  When you didn&#39;t hear from him... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: So, yeah.  I'm thinking I may not finish my Master's degree. ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ You need to be much more persistent and aggressive with getting him to do his job. You have to stay on top of him and not let months go by where he doesn&#39;t
respond.
<br>
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Don&#39;t quit because it would be such a waste. You might really regret not hanging in there. ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: So, yeah.  I'm thinking I may not finish my Master's degree. ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I&#39;m hopeful that it will all work out. I&#39;m just at a point where I want to scream at the man, though. I&#39;m probably going to be doing really well if
I can just keep the tone of my emails to him civil. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ its understandable. people work in different ways. i never even went to the lab on days that i felt like there was nothing in my brain. it didn&#39;t make a
difference so i stayed away until i knew what i wanted. i am not familiar with the type of research you are doing but my advice with data analysis is work with
what you got, try and figure out a way around it if its possible. i am sure you will come up with something ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">Poetess232 wrote:</strong>
  <hr>
  Ahhh, that makes sense. Is there a dean or a supervisor that you can speak to since he&#39;s not responsive?
  <br>
  <br>
  Hopefully you&#39;ll be able to get what you need.
</blockquote>The department chairman is on my committee, and he knows that I&#39;m wanting to get out of here. If it doesn&#39;t start turning around soon,
I&#39;ll go and talk to him to see if he can light a fire under my adviser. I&#39;m... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ See, part of what I&#39;ve struggled with is his really crappy record keeping. For example, tying to figure out which bird I&#39;m watching on a tape when
there is no record of a bird being banded with that combination of leg bands.
<br>
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A major issue has been that we are both apparently really bad about procrastinating. I work in spurts. I have to get into the mood to get something done, and
then I&#39;ll work on it obsessively for a while. But now, when I&#39;m actually in the mood to... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Ahhh, that makes sense. Is there a dean or a supervisor that you can speak to since he&#39;s not responsive?
<br>
<br>
Hopefully you&#39;ll be able to get what you need. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">ldl5112 wrote:</strong>
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  <blockquote>
    <strong class="quote-title">tiawani wrote:</strong>
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    <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/jjbemoticons/aaw2.gif" alt="image">sorry to hear about this. i had a supervisor who was like that and it
    was probably the worst time of my life. he was an ass but that&#39;s another story. after 4yrs i think you could try and finish, you are much closer to
    were you are going than... ]]></description>

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  <strong class="quote-title">Poetess232 wrote:</strong>
  <hr>
  Why does he have to add figures to your info? You can&#39;t get that info anywhere else?
  <br>
  <br>
  I think you&#39;d regret quitting since you&#39;re so close to the end - hopefully you&#39;ll be able to hang in there.
</blockquote>I need the ages of the chicks in order to analyze the data, and he&#39;s the only one with that information. I didn&#39;t personally make a lot of
the tapes of the nests, he or... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">tiawani wrote:</strong>
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  <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/jjbemoticons/aaw2.gif" alt="image">sorry to hear about this. i had a supervisor who was like that and it was
  probably the worst time of my life. he was an ass but that&#39;s another story. after 4yrs i think you could try and finish, you are much closer to were you
  are going than were you came from. until you see that no matter how much effort you put into it... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Why does he have to add figures to your info? You can&#39;t get that info anywhere else?
<br>
<br>
I think you&#39;d regret quitting since you&#39;re so close to the end - hopefully you&#39;ll be able to hang in there. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/jjbemoticons/aaw2.gif" alt="image">sorry to hear about this. i had a supervisor who was like that and it was
probably the worst time of my life. he was an ass but that&#39;s another story. after 4yrs i think you could try and finish, you are much closer to were you
are going than were you came from. until you see that no matter how much effort you put into it nothing will help then you cant do anything about it,
that&#39;s just the way it is.... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ That&#39;s what I keep telling myself. I&#39;m just hoping he&#39;ll start sending some stuff back to me soon. I&#39;m going to have to email him again soon to
nag him a little bit. He&#39;s hard to get in touch with during the summer, since he&#39;s usually out doing field work. At this point, I don&#39;t CARE if the
damn thing&#39;s a piece of shit (which it admittedly is, even though I honestly think I did the best I could with getting usable data off of the video tapes I
had to watch) or... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Please, for the love of God, finish it. You&#39;ve come so far. Don&#39;t give up now. I know you are frustrated but you don&#39;t want to regret it not
finishing. Just try, TRY to motivate yourself and keep persevering.
<br> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ oh hell no, you better finish it! You didn&#39;t come this far to quit ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I don&#39;t know how serious you are, but...
<br>
<br>
Welcome to...life? You&#39;re always going to encounter tough situations like that, especially when it comes to a job. Life is frustrating and nobody said
things were easy, and it seems just silly to actually want to quit because of that, especially when you&#39;re almost done. Be frustrated and mad, yes...but
actually quit? Doesn&#39;t make sense.
<br>
<br>
And I would be PISSED if I were your parents, pay all that money, and then have... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I completely understand and am getting frustrated reading this right along with you, but just hang in there! You&#39;ve already completed all the other courses
and exams. You&#39;ll definitely regret it if you drop out now. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I hate saying that, because I&#39;ve put four years (in what is supposed to be a 2 - 2 1/2 year program) and a lot of effort into it, but I&#39;m coming to the
end of my rope. I just found out that I&#39;m going to be getting a job in Washington state, working for a federal agency. I am SO tempted to just say,
&quot;Screw it. I&#39;ve had enough.&quot; and leave. My adviser is absolutely terrible. Don&#39;t get me wrong, I&#39;m not blaming this whole disaster on
him, but he definitely had a... ]]></description>

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