tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post4877585949077725218..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: The Return of Chicago Charlie.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40192257667122487372013-12-14T05:15:31.876-05:002013-12-14T05:15:31.876-05:00What an amazing tale you tell! And, I might add, ...What an amazing tale you tell! And, I might add, you prove a point made here before: we complain, we whine, we despair, but it is mostly just venting (hear that, Yuri!). Many of us then go on to fight the good fight and try as hard as we can.<br /><br />I am so happy for you and I want to give that old self, the one who wrote the despairing post, a hug right now and tell him that it will all Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686242633678466958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87885176122706090692013-12-13T20:23:49.808-05:002013-12-13T20:23:49.808-05:00Congratulations, Charlie, but this just makes me m...Congratulations, Charlie, but this just makes me mad about how the profession has become about as family-unfriendly as possible, involving all the moving around of the military, with none of the security.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52133318378487100702013-12-13T17:58:38.546-05:002013-12-13T17:58:38.546-05:00And now you have some life experience to talk abou...And now you have some life experience to talk about in classes when students ask if you've ever done anything beyond go from school to school to more school, to PhD school, only to get a job at a school. :)<br /><br />Congrats!The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-63918016541880108822013-12-13T14:03:23.919-05:002013-12-13T14:03:23.919-05:00Also, I liked the cow. Any creature that has done...Also, I liked the cow. Any creature that has done the reading (and isn't overly inclined to snack on the other students) is welcome in my classroom, too. <br /><br />And hold onto your flashlight. My first-world university loses power pretty frequently, too (I think it's a combination of an overwhelmed power grid, 50+ years of resistance to spending on basic infrastructure in the U.S.,Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65896419466751634732013-12-13T13:58:41.060-05:002013-12-13T13:58:41.060-05:00Congratulations! I like the "put yourself in...Congratulations! I like the "put yourself in the position to score" advice. You certainly followed it, with considerable stick-to-it-iveness and a sense of adventure, and it seems to have worked out well. The hard part for many of use these days, I think, is figuring which of various goals to try to position ourselves in relation to (TT job? alt-ac? completely non-ac?). <br /><br /Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25370834278332226462013-12-13T13:58:24.727-05:002013-12-13T13:58:24.727-05:00Congrats, Chuck, and here's hoping your good f...Congrats, Chuck, and here's hoping your good fortune rubs off at least a bit on the rest of us!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2649232566296208422013-12-13T12:59:16.869-05:002013-12-13T12:59:16.869-05:00What a beautifully written experience! What a beautifully written experience! CrayonEaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10126396989880932207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27242716736127239972013-12-13T11:37:13.739-05:002013-12-13T11:37:13.739-05:00That country sounds a lot like Kurdistan, the un-r...That country sounds a lot like Kurdistan, the un-recognized but de facto state in Northern Iraq that emerged after the Hussein al-Tikriti Ba'athist regime was smashed by and inane US president and his German warlord, Freiherr Rumsfeld.<br /><br />John Dolan worked out there:<br /><br />http://exiledonline.com/neocon-like-me-how-i-spent-a-year-in-iraq-teaching-with-the-bush-cheney-crazies/Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33207614073080227122013-12-13T09:57:46.828-05:002013-12-13T09:57:46.828-05:00JHC this a fantastic tale. It brought a tear to m...JHC this a fantastic tale. It brought a tear to my jaded eye.Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69458383049948879492013-12-13T07:47:09.936-05:002013-12-13T07:47:09.936-05:00Great story and congratulations. That's quite...Great story and congratulations. That's quite a route to a t-t job. For our own sanity, please tell us that it's not all that great.<br /><br />I do have one scholarly question, only tangentally related to your post. I did not realize that Odysseus went to Cornell. Did he do most of his writing after joining the fraternity there? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com