Grad students and advising

Zelda's posted some thoughts on grad-student advising that rang a lot of bells for me: if you're a grad student or a grad student's teacher/adviser, I highly recommend reading it!

After discussing some pretty common advisorial nightmares, she asks why profs who consistently lose and/or abuse their advisees aren't held accountable. And maybe even more importantly, she asks "As grad students who may someday be supervisors, shouldn't we already be thinking about how we plan on holding ourselves accountable when we're in that position of power?"