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We all had learnt Newton’s famous three laws of motion in highschool physic, which all of us accepted as universal truth since then. (Well, at least in non-nano, non-quantum scale). Now someone has discovered the long lost Newton’s three laws of graduation. I think that can explain why I’m still stucked with my degree right now.<\/p>\n

First Law:<\/em> A grad student in procrastination tends to stay in procrastination unless an external force is applied to it
\nSecond Law:<\/em> The age, a<\/strong> of a doctroal process is directly proportional to the flexibility, f<\/strong>, given by the advisor and inversely proportional to the student’s motivation, m<\/strong>
\nThrid Law:<\/em> For every action towards graduation there is an equal and opposite distraction<\/p>\n

Sigh…<\/p>\n

The full version of the laws can be found here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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