Reimburse them promptly, do not ask illegal questions, and never snicker. As always, Ms. Mentor welcomes gossip and unusual queries not answered by other learned worthies on this site. Other columnists do cover organizing one's vita, moving up in the academic hierarchy, and handling references. Ms. Mentor is most interested in the surprising, the psychological, the tempestuous, and the comical. She can rarely answer letters personally, but does respond to most of them in various ways in her monthly column.
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