“Like a tiger in a zoo”: some voices on Ph.D. studies

Generally speaking we may argue that any efforts of education are intended to change a person. We are talking about heightened skill levels or changed perspectives when perceiving the world. A Ph.D. exam may be regarded as a stepping stone into the business world, but it is a requisite for a career within the academic world. The public defense of the student's dissertation marks an end to an effort that has lasted several years. During these years of vocational training some students are likely to go through an emotional roller coaster, filling them with doubts on whether this is an education for them, or not. The formation of a professional must produce some chafing of the soul, that is, stirring up emotions that evolve into feelings. In this text the complaints of the Ph.D. students will be studied as they emerge in the contents of five video-clips from Youtube.