Hi Mulan,

I used to be a graduate student and also worked for years in academic research, so I have a lot of empathy with how powerless students often feel. Grading can be done soooooo subjectively.

Also, I understand from a German graduate student that professors and other types of instructors at European universities are far less supportive than their counterparts in the United States. She told me some real horror stories, a long the same lines as your story.

I have no magic words for you. Academia is a f**ked up culture pretty much everywhere. It's just worse in some places than others.

--Ceara1010