AS YOUR PH.D. ADVISOR I MUST INFORM YOU… THIS PAPER IS TERRIBLE! NO RESPECTABLE JOURNAL WILL PUBLISH THIS! I SPENT FIVE MONTHS WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY NIGHTS I SPENT IN THE LAB COLLECTING THIS DATA? THEN WHY DIDN’T YOU SAY ANYTHING SOONER? DON’T YOU KNOW HOW TO DO A SIMPLE LITERATURE SEARCH BEFORE EMBARKING ON A MONTHS-LONG PROJECT? WHAT REVIEWER WOULD CONSIDER ANY OF THIS WORK “NOVEL?”; AND YOU WANTED TO PRESENT THIS SHODDY RESEARCH AT THE STANFORD SYMPOSIUM? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? MONTHS OF PRECIOUS FUNDING… WASTED ON THIS RUBBISH!