I am in a situation where I do not really know what to do with things not going smoothly at all recently. I have zero clue as to why the PI decided to accept 3 phd student in the fiscal year 2016 (including me). I am really baffled that in my first meetings with the professors months ago, that they do not have any solid research plans for the next few years given that the typical phd length each student are 3/4 years. I am funded with the recommendation of the PI from the Japanese government. Overall the professors are nice with exception one of them being a douche. I am already 9 months in(effectively I am left with 2 years 3months before fundings ends). I have some idea for my thesis, but it is entirely rely on a dilution refrigerator that was not in use for nearly 20 years before taken over by my lab. We have fix most of the simple problem of the refrigerator but some leaks is probably going to cost a fortune which there is simply no funds to fix given that we spend a large amount of it in build a shield using copper and lead(fking 4 tons). The supervision culture here in Japan is totally messed up that student in general do not question the professors decision. The dumb senior junior nuance in Japanese University.
I feel like exploding all of this and effectively burning the bridges with them. But I doubt any of my actions can change the way things are done. I am incredibly frustrate everyday, that this thought of burning bridges with professors lingers as I commute to University.
Anyone have experiences of burn relationship with professors care to share some advice? I am not sure how long I can put false facade anymore.
Submitted June 12, 2017 at 12:53PM by hareyakana http://ift.tt/2sSRG97 GradSchool
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