tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post7447030026159417043..comments2023-06-11T02:19:27.429-07:00Comments on Academic Cog: I just got sympathied at, and I'm pissed.Sisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-82299167224429377652015-05-13T08:01:55.611-07:002015-05-13T08:01:55.611-07:00I feel you! My boss also can't offer me anothe...I feel you! My boss also can't offer me another contract but after an initial shock I realised that this is good for me. We have some ugly tendencies which started when I was in her hand as I was doing a PhD here. And now she expects me to do everything for her. The faster, the better. I think I didn't study hard and get my degree plus a grant for doing secreteries work (which is not bad, it's just not what I'm paid to do)... Now I'm leaving for good, which she constantly forgets. Today she asked me whether she should get another Master's student which will start when i'm already gone. Why should I care?!Leneleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07182680654861239740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-79997854419973259422015-05-10T22:43:03.997-07:002015-05-10T22:43:03.997-07:00Agreed with all of the above. Oddly, people who f...Agreed with all of the above. Oddly, people who fire you don't want to face the consequences of their actions. When I was denied tenure, someone I team-taught with and called himself a friend wrote a devastating letter against my tenure. But the look on his face when I told him I would probably leave the profession was horrified. Surely someone would want to hire someone who wasn't a good enough teacher for the students at that SLAC! <br /><br />(And I'm always terrible at the good comeback. Actually telling my former colleague that I was going to leave the profession was probably the only time I've had a good comeback.)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-3856647072048505252015-05-09T14:22:08.794-07:002015-05-09T14:22:08.794-07:00This stinks. First he fires you, then you have to...This stinks. First he fires you, then you have to make **him** feel better for firing you by tolerating his not-very-helpful career advice.<br /><br />What he's doing is very human. I'm sure he sees it as offering you support and advice, but it's completely inconsiderate. <br /><br />I'm very sorry. Historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-67909484396223995342015-05-09T06:25:22.649-07:002015-05-09T06:25:22.649-07:00All of the above are absolutely right, especially ...All of the above are absolutely right, especially CC: if it doesn't pay enough to live, it is a hobby and why would the Dean suggest such a thing? Also, did he really think the possibility of adjuncting was *a new idea that you had never thought about*? How was this supposed to help? undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-18094320602979704362015-05-08T14:20:13.762-07:002015-05-08T14:20:13.762-07:00I'm with DEH: Inner Me has a point -- maybe no...I'm with DEH: Inner Me has a point -- maybe not one you can make directly to someone whom you may still need as a reference, but a damned good point nonetheless. Several of them, in fact, starting with the fact that one primary goal of a job is to put a roof over one's head and food in one's mouth, and that any activity that doesn't achieve that, however well it may fit with one's interests and talents, is probably a hobby -- something you do if you have time after you've done your paying job. This seems to be a distinction that is lost on many (though not all) of the more secure inhabitants of academia these days. It would be sad if you didn't teach, because you're obviously a good teacher, but it would be even sadder if your love of teaching became the means for others to exploit you.Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-87325035980389159902015-05-08T13:55:25.775-07:002015-05-08T13:55:25.775-07:00RAGE-O-SAURUS!
You're having an appropriate r...RAGE-O-SAURUS!<br /><br />You're having an appropriate response to inappropriately being told that you're good enough to adjunct but not good enough to teach where you are. FTN. Dude may mean well (which for one of my friends is the ultimate bless-your-heart sort of damnation), but really, just, no. Probably dude has no clue at all what things are like in your family's neck of the woods. <br /><br />I'm sorry. I really wish I had a job or at least decent advice to offer you, but I got nothing except sympathy. Dame Eleanor Hullhttp://dameeleanorhull.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com