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College student cites his own professor's lackluster argument as a source for his thesis, professor has no choice but to accept the citation: '[It's] technically valid but in poor taste'

Ben Weiss

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'So, you will be our competitor?': Department chair cancels promised academic position for PhD student, student forced to relocate, later secures job at a competing program, tells department chair that he plans to recruit all his former students

Emma Saven

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PhD student refuses to let her Oklahoma University professor claim and publish her research, then puts up a yard sign calling him out as he keeps walking by to glare: ‘My PhD advisor was a nightmare, he kept moving my graduation goalposts’

Etai Eshet

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STEM PhD graduate fired via email just two months in for asking to be paid on time after repeated salary delays, and refusing to be blamed for everything: ‘He was the boss, HR, everything, I couldn't do much’

Etai Eshet

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‘If you can't beat them, confuse them’: Scientist baffles entitled colleague by showing kindness, leaves him confused in the dust to work a “desirable” PhD position

Elna McHilderson

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High school chemistry teacher tells a 16-year-old boy and his mother that he's ‘not smart,’ he gets satisfying revenge 14 years later when he bumps into her after graduating with his doctorate: ‘As fate would have it…’

Elna McHilderson

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PhD student, fed up with her caffeinated coworker Anne, plans to take back her coffee maker when she graduates, leaving Anne to brew alone: ‘She stopped making coffee at her home because she knows she can make it at work. I am her source of caffeine’

Etai Eshet

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‘Teacher's assistant on a power trip’ expects student to predict exact questions his peers will ask during a lesson, student maliciously complies with 10 pages of hilarious wise-guy predictions

Lana DeGaetano

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‘He lost his PhD because of me’: Employee gets boss's PhD revoked after getting fired for taking lead of the company

Eleonora Bader

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'Frankly, he's a clown': Good-for-nothing PhD supervisor gets called out when his student reveals his secret nickname

Jesse Kessenheimer

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17 Overly Honest "Scientific" Methods Used by Students

Eric Lund

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What Does Ph.D. Mean to You?

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No Respect

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Pretty Much the Same Thing

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I'll Take the Penultimate One Please

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God Wouldn't Do Well in the Academic Community

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