Heh, it's the props department way of saying we shouldn't be looking that closely at the props;) Just like the logic is the writer's way of saying we should have something else to do for the rest of the week besides looking up town/location names/myths to rake them over the coals
Hee, excellent point. I knew I shouldn't start to pick at this show!
Hey, I think it was Mona that told me you're a graduate student in Biology? I'm doing a research internship this summer in a toxicology and pharmacology lab at Michigan State, and I just wanted to ask you... well, what it's like? What being in a graduate lab is like, and how undergrad interns are used (what kind of work they do, etc), and really anything you might know about the whole deal :) I'm kinda apprehensive about the whole thing!
What's it like...well, every lab is different. From what I read of the program you're going into, you should be set up to do a few things on a project w/ a grad student/technician, or they may have designed a small project for you to do on your own. And being an undergrad intern can be absolutely fantastic if you're given someone whose knowledgeable and capable of training you, or it can be really really boring where you're just told to go do something and there's very few people in the lab that can tell you why. I had the former experience but I saw several people in the intern program I was in have the latter. I would say that if you have a problem that it's the latter, try to talk to the boss and explain you aren't getting what you want out of it (assuming the boss is worth anything). From what you said of the guy you were working w/ contacting you and all, i'd say you have a very good chance to have a very good experience.
As to what a grad lab is like...ummm, it's hard to say..again lots of variation. I guess I'd need a more specific to know what to say. Feel free to tag me on yahell to quiz me up on it etc. :)
Hmmm, I do hope it turns out well! Thank you so much for the insight, it's kind of cleared the fog a little bit - it's all so abstract to me as of now. I will definitely keep you in mind if I have more questions, especially once I get there :)
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Date: 2006-04-29 01:16 pm (UTC)*grins*
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Date: 2006-04-29 04:22 pm (UTC)Hey, I think it was Mona that told me you're a graduate student in Biology? I'm doing a research internship this summer in a toxicology and pharmacology lab at Michigan State, and I just wanted to ask you... well, what it's like? What being in a graduate lab is like, and how undergrad interns are used (what kind of work they do, etc), and really anything you might know about the whole deal :) I'm kinda apprehensive about the whole thing!
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Date: 2006-04-30 12:44 am (UTC)What's it like...well, every lab is different. From what I read of the program you're going into, you should be set up to do a few things on a project w/ a grad student/technician, or they may have designed a small project for you to do on your own. And being an undergrad intern can be absolutely fantastic if you're given someone whose knowledgeable and capable of training you, or it can be really really boring where you're just told to go do something and there's very few people in the lab that can tell you why. I had the former experience but I saw several people in the intern program I was in have the latter. I would say that if you have a problem that it's the latter, try to talk to the boss and explain you aren't getting what you want out of it (assuming the boss is worth anything). From what you said of the guy you were working w/ contacting you and all, i'd say you have a very good chance to have a very good experience.
As to what a grad lab is like...ummm, it's hard to say..again lots of variation. I guess I'd need a more specific to know what to say. Feel free to tag me on yahell to quiz me up on it etc. :)
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Date: 2006-04-30 02:46 am (UTC)