TWO PART ASSIGNMENT, 9 QUESTIONS

ASSIGNMENT on Robert L. Peters Book, GETTING WHAT YOU CAME FOR!

Actions for Finding a Mentor PART ONE (4) Questions

The first part of this book “GETTING WHAT YOU CAME FOR, by ROBERT L. PETERS, PhD” examines the motivations for entering graduate school after under graduate school, and the need to weigh the costs and benefits of obtaining a terminal academic master's degree.

Assuming that after graduation and earning a bachelors degree the student is comfortable with the decision and  are firmly committed to achieving another goal (that's where motivation comes in), one of the keys to success offered by Peters in Chapter 5 is "building relationships" with a faculty mentor who might one day serve as your thesis advisor.

What does Peters say are some practical ways of "building relationships" with graduate faculty members in a graduate program and defining a mentor? 1. What qualities should one look for in a potential mentor? 2. What should one hope to derive from this relationship? 3. What should one not look for (see also pp. 282-83)? 4. Why should one care?

Actions for Playing Politics PART TWO (5) Questions

1.What advice do you find in Chapter 13 particularly useful or potentially helpful to the goals one would hope to achieve in a graduate program? 2.Why does Peters warn against gossiping? 3.What is meant by exhibiting a "cheerful disposition?" 4.Why and on what occasions should one be assertive? 5.What advantage would there be in attempting to be published while in grad school? 6.Explain those (5) answers in a Q & A format? Write the Question first, followed by writing your answer 2nd.