I have just thought of some!!!!
DO NOT
-ask me what "grade" I am in when I have just told you I am in graduate school...
-ask me my major, then ask if I want to be a medical doctor!!! Because that already tells me you obviously
DO NOT know the difference between professional school and graduate school!!!
-ask me how I am doing on midterms/finals--in graduate school, it is just unwise. Most graduate students finish taking most their course work during their 1st or 2nd year. Then, they are teaching some of the courses they just took! (Just a pet peeve of mine that pisses me off when I am already stressed out because of my dissertation writing).
For some men:
DO NOT
-ask me what do I do for a living and I politely answer "I am in graduate school". Then ask me what my classification is. And when I venture out to tell you the full story get pissed off because you think I'm trying to belittle you and your level of education. Believe me, when I do belittle you, it won't be because of your brains!!!
(Ladies, expect this kind of behavior when you pursue or obtain advanced/professional degrees)
-try to "hit" on me to see if you can get a Doctor on your tip. I'll know it and will play you.
-use me as an "important person" you know when you know you have just tried to dog me out. You have just made my chit list and I don't tolerate you anymore.
For anybody:
DO NOT ask me for serious medical advice. I am not a medical doctor, I am a molecular human genetist, a scientist who studies human diseases. Although I know several things about serious human illnesses, I do not know how to treat them with the best medical care that a physician has been trained to do. I know the etiology behind an illness, I can give you the current research on an disease, but I cannot treat you. And even if I could, I would not do it for free.