I have always wondered if they consider themselves institutions of learning or just pro sportsball farm teams. Things like this tend to have me think the latter.
Speaking of Our Lady of the Tundra: http://politicalgates.blogs...After her ShoutyFace screed on Ted Cruz her minions turned against her and lambasted her verily. Most all of the unhappy comments, of which there were many, have been scrubbed from her page. You betcha.
"As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office."
The anti-intellectual streak that runs deep in the American DNA is pretty awful, that's for sure. It's true, there's a Ph.D. surplus. It started right around the time I got my Ph.D. (I love the commenter above, who asks, "okay, is there anyone here who DOESN'T have a Ph.D.") and that was back in the dark ages. I even had one of the last tenure track assistant professorships, for the grand sum of $12K/year (to be fair, my rent was $120/month, as I said, back in the dark ages). But I could see the writing on the wall and that, coupled with the fact that I just couldn't stand most of my colleagues (who had these weird arrogant attitudes towards their own students, and looked down on me because I liked to teach the Freshmen introductory classes), I left for greener pastures. Of course, my Ph.D. was in the humanities, and we were the bellwether for the bottom dropping out of the Professorship market. The arts is always the first to go. I guess it's finally catching up to the sciences, which is appalling beyond belief to me. Nice way to keep our country bright and first-rate--let's fire, barely pay, and demotivate all the dedicated, highly intelligent professors who will educate our future citizens.
Probably this kid . . .
Oh sure. Like I could afford the gravy version.
Didn't General Petraeus get a bunch of money for a teaching gig too? The guest speaker circuit seems to be the real gravy train though.
Real talk here, people. Has this guy ever shown up on the regular for ANY job he's had?
I have always wondered if they consider themselves institutions of learning or just pro sportsball farm teams. Things like this tend to have me think the latter.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Mondays! Amirite?
Good God, today we (nearly) all are adjuncts, for realz.
Like this? https://www.fundedjustice.c...
Alright, show of hands, is there anybody here who doesn't have a PhD?
Didn't think so.
[Adjuncts, please put the gun down.]
It's a Vote Gun, right?
Speaking of Our Lady of the Tundra: http://politicalgates.blogs...After her ShoutyFace screed on Ted Cruz her minions turned against her and lambasted her verily. Most all of the unhappy comments, of which there were many, have been scrubbed from her page. You betcha.
"As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office."
Molly Ivins
That's true, them book-larnin' folk are brainwashing our students with FACTS
Perhaps some there, have dubious degrees from evangelical institutions, or attended five colleges in six years?
The anti-intellectual streak that runs deep in the American DNA is pretty awful, that's for sure. It's true, there's a Ph.D. surplus. It started right around the time I got my Ph.D. (I love the commenter above, who asks, "okay, is there anyone here who DOESN'T have a Ph.D.") and that was back in the dark ages. I even had one of the last tenure track assistant professorships, for the grand sum of $12K/year (to be fair, my rent was $120/month, as I said, back in the dark ages). But I could see the writing on the wall and that, coupled with the fact that I just couldn't stand most of my colleagues (who had these weird arrogant attitudes towards their own students, and looked down on me because I liked to teach the Freshmen introductory classes), I left for greener pastures. Of course, my Ph.D. was in the humanities, and we were the bellwether for the bottom dropping out of the Professorship market. The arts is always the first to go. I guess it's finally catching up to the sciences, which is appalling beyond belief to me. Nice way to keep our country bright and first-rate--let's fire, barely pay, and demotivate all the dedicated, highly intelligent professors who will educate our future citizens.