http://lancemanyonmusings.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-i-expect-from-graduate-st... Despite this post's somewhat harsh tones, I can't say that I disagree with the expectations. There are a lot of "rules of the game" in academia (some of which I, ideally, can help change in the future) and these expectations leave some room to play that game without being a slave to the rules.