What is my role?
I feel tired of staying at this lab because I am kind of puzzled about my role here. I am not a graduate student and now I cannot buy any reagent myself. While I am not like other undergraduate students since I have been staying here for about 1.5 years and have more research experiences.
When I want to view myself as a graduate student, others will emphasize that I am just an undergraduate. When I want to view myself as an undergraduate, some people will ask me to do some complex and unexpected work because of my ability.
What is my role? I am in sore need of answer and respect!
I wonder whether it goes the same outside of China. I work as hard as β or even harder β than other graduates, but I am not treated equally. Some other undergraduates also do some projects and get their own results, but I have never seen their reports on group meeting. Why? Because they are undergraduates? Actually, when they start their projects, they get professor Xia's permissions, which mean that their ideas are pretty good and have potential to be published on some good journals. Do we come here just for graduation thesis like some people said to me before?
We, undergraduate students in HUST, can get up extremely early or stay up late to balance research and courses. We, undergraduate students in HUST, pursue our dreams toward research, the holy land of science to go to the lab without benthamism. We have enthusiasm, curiosity and endeavor just because we are undergraduate β young and brave. Those qualities do not belong to some graduates who just seek for graduation!
I really want to say something to professor Xia while I dare not to do that as well. As for me, I have already finished my work and am going to graduate in several months. To some extent, it is none of my business. But I do feel unhappy when I find myself, other undergraduates or Hak are treated unequally. Hak is also a PhD student. The only thing that makes him different is his nationality β Pakistan. I feel really sorry about that. I am also going to study abroad as a Chinese student. What if I am treated as Hak? The room where most undergraduates sit is short of air conditioner or water foundation. And they are asked to come to lab almost everyday bearing coldness. Some other undergraduates and I sit with graduates together in a warm room with water foundation and washroom. I can do nothing except for sympathizing. βδ»₯ε¦ηδΈΊζ¬β is too far away to be seen.
There are indeed some nice lab mates I need to admit. Drx, a PhD student, helps me a lot. I appreciate her wholeheartedly not only due to her assistance on my work, but also her guide about my application and future plan without looking down upon me, an undergraduate.
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