tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post497968045317066246..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Hours?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2099346322692727262015-01-21T19:06:46.785-05:002015-01-21T19:06:46.785-05:00Hmmm...I bet I work 30+ and I am a part-time adjun...Hmmm...I bet I work 30+ and I am a part-time adjunct. *sighs*Frennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126693773120200776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35786235965863590122015-01-21T11:27:03.375-05:002015-01-21T11:27:03.375-05:00I didn't see it in time to vote either. At the...I didn't see it in time to vote either. At the start of the semester, as I am getting things rolling, I'm on campus from 7-5 four days a week, and I work a few hours on Fridays. I prefer a set schedule, and I am able to get quite a lot done in the early morning before everyone shows up. Afternoons tend to be when my colleagues drop by to talk or bring my problems to solve. I teach a 4/4 BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75998980581325143292015-01-21T09:59:40.454-05:002015-01-21T09:59:40.454-05:00I didn't see it in time to vote, but I work ab...I didn't see it in time to vote, but I work about 20 hours a week on a 2/2 schedule, and that includes committee stuff and my own work.Kimmie of the Kensington Kimmieshttp://www.boston.edunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45468713548105869732015-01-20T22:44:55.432-05:002015-01-20T22:44:55.432-05:00Er ... I'm required to be in a particular plac...Er ... I'm required to be in a particular place at a particular time about 30 hours a week (18 teaching this term, 10 office hours, a couple for meetings), which is very convenient and allows considerable flexibility. But I'm pretty sure I work nearly twice that all told.dmckeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052641757203089416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25494196024502673912015-01-20T21:53:46.104-05:002015-01-20T21:53:46.104-05:00from Hugo in Huntsville.
I'm a longtime reade...<i>from Hugo in Huntsville.</i><br /><br />I'm a longtime reader, but I've always stayed out of the fray. But this issue really annoys me. Anyone working a full time teaching position and working less than 40 hours a week is shirking duties. I don't care how casual Hiram is with his Netflix office hours, he does not deserve a teaching post when there are thousands of people who'd College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83701276950231668742015-01-20T19:55:02.576-05:002015-01-20T19:55:02.576-05:00One more note (and then I'll shut up): most pe...One more note (and then I'll shut up): most people who teach 3/3 (and many who teach 4/4 or 5/5) also have research and service/administrative duties. If those people are recording only the work time they spend on teaching, their overall work schedules could still come out to 40 hours or more (possibly much more) a week. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-36773008370939218972015-01-20T19:52:32.879-05:002015-01-20T19:52:32.879-05:00Mind you, I'm not really complaining about my ...Mind you, I'm not really complaining about my hours. I could definitely be more efficient (and suspect I *would* be more efficient, though I'd probably work even more hours, if my work had more variety; part of the problem in my case is definitely some combination of decision and repetition fatigue). If I didn't value other aspects of my job -- especially the degree of autonomy it Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-16538499039612622572015-01-20T19:52:19.695-05:002015-01-20T19:52:19.695-05:00I didn't answer because I'm honestly not s...I didn't answer because I'm honestly not sure; there's no question that I don't have a regular, 9-5/5-day-a-week work schedule. There's also no question that, while I sometimes take a walk (or do something considerably less productive, like surfing the 'net) during my mid-afternoon energy slump on non-teaching days, I'm also quite often to be found doing school work Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17152615152527418732015-01-20T18:18:32.246-05:002015-01-20T18:18:32.246-05:00from Yona in Yavapi:
I don't believe that cha...<i>from Yona in Yavapi</i>:<br /><br />I don't believe that chart for one minute. I've been teaching for ten years and I don't know any professor who spends less than 40 hours a week. You've been duped or simply have too many arrogant silverbacks and deadwoods with nothing but time to fill out stupid surveys.College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51801887693964312272015-01-20T18:12:45.591-05:002015-01-20T18:12:45.591-05:00I voted 38 times. Was that wrong?I voted 38 times. Was that wrong?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com