Patty Torres

PhD student at UGA, mom, and wife.

[Patty Torres @PattyTo1516]

@JoeOpinionated @HaPhDsupervisor Me 🙋. I treat it like a 9 to 5 (mostly). And I've been very successful so far. Your advice is toxic.

[Patty Torres @PattyTo1516]

@HaPhDsupervisor The pushback this thread is receiving on maintaining work-life balance is disheartening. This says a lot about academia and why do many of us feel like we need to work ourselves to the bone to prove something.

[Patty Torres @PattyTo1516]

@WhirlingDirvish @HaPhDsupervisor I took a heavy course load, didn't TA but had a 20hr/week research assistantship, and still rarely worked outside of regular business hours. I can't, because I have two kids and a household to run. Still making great progress on my PhD.

[Patty Torres @PattyTo1516]

@SephSeddon @suzanasukovic @HaPhDsupervisor This is terrible advice that will only lead to burn out. No wonder so many students struggle with their mental health. You can be successful in your academic journey without subscribing to this hustle mentality.

[Patty Torres @PattyTo1516]

@suzanasukovic @HaPhDsupervisor I don't work evenings or weekends BECAUSE my PhD ISN'T my only major commitment. I have a family and a household to run, so I have to draw strict boundaries around how much time I devote to my PhD.

[Patty Torres @PattyTo1516]

@TheSkojecFile @pawfecthouse_co Agreed. This is a bit much. 😬

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Before you begin your thinkpiece, the Supreme Court DID NOT strike down Affirmative Action

Admission preferences for legacies, donors, employee families and special recommendations are still allowed

The Court struck down Affirmative Action For everyone except WHITE PEOPLE

[Kareem Carr, Ph.D. @kareem_carr]

WHY do we divide by n-1 when computing the sample variance?

Yesterday, I gave you one answer.

Today, here's a second extremely intuitive way of thinking about sample variance that you've probably never seen before.

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

"Many of us face the perception that the more time a scientist spends popularizing science, the less scientifically accomplished they are. That is far from true," writes @frakyc in this week's #ScienceWorkingLife. https://t.co/svKdOl5nyW @ScienceCareers

[PhD Voice - Independently Run @PhDVoice]

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[Kareem Carr, Ph.D. @kareem_carr]

Statistics can never be completely objective.

This is not just my opinion. It's a *mathematical* fact.

Read on if you want to learn a deep fundamental truth about data and its relationship to the universe we live in.

[Integrative Conservation PhD Program @UGAICON]

✨Congrats to @UGAICON PhD student @PattyTo1516 on being awarded the Robert W. and June Poterfield Memorial Scholarship & Ernest. E. Provost Fellowship by @UGAWarnell!

[Integrative Conservation PhD Program @UGAICON]

✨Congrats are in order to @UGAICON grad student Kanchana Balasubramanian for winning the Barbara J. and Arnett C. Mace Jr. Graduate Support Fund from @UGAWarnell!

[Patty Torres @PattyTo1516]

@darkWebEcstasy @Fhqwhgads411 @waltermasterson

[Patty Torres @PattyTo1516]

@ThePhDPlace Well, this whole thread has me feeling called out 🫣

[Patty Torres @PattyTo1516]

@stepheronipizza @jzux Same. I think the difference as an adult is the mental load. The constant, never ending to do list running through my mind at all times. I feel mentally drained more than physically most of the time.

[Patty Torres @PattyTo1516]

@LeeMcdowall7 @jzux Really? Between a full time job, commuting, caring for children, cooking meals, running errands, doing laundry, tending to dog & cat, cleaning, cleaning, cleaning.. You really think it's just that people aren't trying hard enough?

[Patty Torres @PattyTo1516]

@ERnurse86 If they believed racism was real, what's at the core of their worldview would crumble. The myth of the meritocracy and American exceptionalism is what's at the center of their values. To accept racism is to accept their privilege as white people.

[Patty Torres @PattyTo1516]

@jerismurfturf @Logically_JC I'm so sorry. My brother in law passed away due to COVID. Previously healthy. Refused to get the vaccine.

[Patty Torres @PattyTo1516]

@absolutelybeaky @PhD_Genie