tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5333498758318143153..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Where Are They Now? A Big Thirsty on Grad School Pals.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-71050877959282837512011-07-10T17:52:21.563-04:002011-07-10T17:52:21.563-04:00We actually had a reunion a few weeks ago (one of ...We actually had a reunion a few weeks ago (one of the reasons I've been offline, it involved travel and I actually left my laptop at home by mistake).<br /><br />Not all were there, but we came up with 12 tenured, of which one (jerkface) is under investigation for bribery (he didn't show for some reason). The women (except me) quit to have lots of babies. Others are high-level managers, Suzy from Square Statehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085856052108645578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5586383509401209062011-07-04T19:30:23.384-04:002011-07-04T19:30:23.384-04:00My cohort had 11 (including me). I don't keep ...My cohort had 11 (including me). I don't keep in touch with most of them -- we were friends because of circumstances, nothing else. We graduated in 2008, when the economy was doing oh-so-well.<br /><br />I teach online.<br /><br />My closest friend adjuncts online and for a local CC. Her goal was to work at a CC, and she is an awesome educator, credentials up the wazoo, and can't beyond Online Opheliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827136939916922069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-70921571887173852402011-07-01T16:09:16.707-04:002011-07-01T16:09:16.707-04:00@Angry Archie
Talking does not matter; he would no...@Angry Archie<br />Talking does not matter; he would not be making the device "in freedom", as the old hands say. It doesn't matter however, the issue resolved itself when certain factions met other certain factions....Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43601509530813522812011-07-01T14:59:11.706-04:002011-07-01T14:59:11.706-04:00Of 14 PhD students, who were good friends, from a ...Of 14 PhD students, who were good friends, from a science department:<br /><br />3 w/ t-t jobs at a university<br />4 private sector jobs, all in executive or management positions<br />4 government jobs, in permanent research positions<br />3 NGO jobs, in contract research positions<br /><br />of the 11 in non-academia jobs, 7 started out looking for an academic position, only 1 is dissatisfied Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33108820000159483182011-07-01T10:45:55.048-04:002011-07-01T10:45:55.048-04:00A bit of background information first: my entering...A bit of background information first: my entering class wasn't tremendously cohesive (lots of different backgrounds, marital/kid statuses, ages at entry, etc.; at 23, I think I was the youngest by several years), and fell apart even more when my department fell apart the year we passed generals (a bunch of proffie resignations, for reasons ranging from serious wrongdoing; to frustration withContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59586254591005787772011-07-01T08:04:03.609-04:002011-07-01T08:04:03.609-04:00@Strel Planning never seemed like his strong suit,...@Strel Planning never seemed like his strong suit, so I'm guessing he hadn't made it that far. Plus he had a big fucking mouth, which would not serve your boys well, I suspect.Angry Archiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348431132289025339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59508769527019170602011-07-01T03:26:17.162-04:002011-07-01T03:26:17.162-04:00"Three didn't finish: the guy who got thr..."Three didn't finish: the guy who got thrown out of the program for threatening to put a bomb in the department office is surely in jail...."<br /><br />Dammit! We need bomb makers in the FSB*; was he planning on a simple pipe-bomb filled with nails and cut-open shotgun shell powder, or something more complex and Unabomber-like?<br /><br />Please respond ASAP.<br /><br />Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22444256675761899042011-06-30T22:06:33.818-04:002011-06-30T22:06:33.818-04:00Of my cohort, six of us are tenured at institution...Of my cohort, six of us are tenured at institutions ranging from an ivy to a land grant in a western state. One of us is a named chair somewhere famous. Two dropped out, got PhDs elsewhere and then left academia altogether--one of those is a blogger/alt journalist, the other is working in local politics in her new city. Of the others who finished, two are political hacks--one in the great white Angry Archiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348431132289025339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25373663001508886772011-06-30T21:48:54.852-04:002011-06-30T21:48:54.852-04:00These are all in Humanities:
Males: of seven, one...These are all in Humanities:<br /><br />Males: of seven, one left after the MA and became a lawyer; five are employed with tenure at universities across the US; one's a rising star VPAc. <br /><br />Females: of seven, one left after the MA and went into computers; one left after the MA to get married and have kids; one left a t-t job to have kids; one left post-PhD and went into computers; Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43346392061391196072011-06-30T21:08:52.057-04:002011-06-30T21:08:52.057-04:00Of my friends at the Master's level, I'm i...Of my friends at the Master's level, I'm in sporadic, mainly FB-based, contact with four members of my cohort. Two got married and now live in the Great Dreary American Dampness, where they both use their degrees in our shared field of hamster fur weaving. Another teaches Intro to Hamster Fur Weaving at a Texas CC, and I heard through the grapevine that her good friend is also employed Dr. Mindbenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16916271564719224677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-63779975469938160142011-06-30T20:42:17.149-04:002011-06-30T20:42:17.149-04:00I keep in very close contact with the people I was...I keep in very close contact with the people I was closest to in grad school. We're all late forties-early fifties by now, because I started grad school 25 years ago. <br /><br />I'd say probably that three of my dearest friends are friends I made in grad school, two of whom I spoke to within the past two days. Other grad school pals I don't speak to as often, but may be FB friendsStellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-14770398259428011482011-06-30T19:03:37.545-04:002011-06-30T19:03:37.545-04:00Of those who stayed in academe, four of us landed ...Of those who stayed in academe, four of us landed TT slots, two in town, two far away. Three of the four are at community colleges; the fourth got a SLAC gig. One person works as an academic archivist. <br /><br />Of the non-academics, one is a feature writer for a fluffy magazine in which her work is often the only substance. One married, had kids, and stays at home. Our lone international EnglishDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12046114978214062491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85943500250129064792011-06-30T18:41:04.655-04:002011-06-30T18:41:04.655-04:00Grad school was like high school--except somehow m...Grad school was like high school--except somehow more sophisticated (and less mature).Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61037724639064696102011-06-30T18:32:25.920-04:002011-06-30T18:32:25.920-04:00I see some now and again. Many haven't fared t...I see some now and again. Many haven't fared too well on the job market. Some adjunct around, some have found non academic work, one became a high school teacher, one works in the writing center at that same university. A couple are baby-having age, so they're doing that, which doesn't leave a lot of room for job searching.Dr. Crankyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01544814759723000405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46355181782100334882011-06-30T18:19:10.379-04:002011-06-30T18:19:10.379-04:00A couple of my grad school pals have respectable j...A couple of my grad school pals have respectable jobs and we stay in touch sporadically, and then there's the one who is a FB who posts the stupidest and most inane crap it makes me boggle.WhatLadderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11603489349164511704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3354574246056971462011-06-30T17:42:27.852-04:002011-06-30T17:42:27.852-04:00First off, thanks to Terry P for letting me turn h...First off, thanks to Terry P for letting me turn his post into a Big Thirsty.<br /><br />I guess I would count my grad school cohort at about 25 people, people I actually knew, drank with, slept with, envied, etc.<br /><br />I know where 2 of them firsthand, and maybe the general whereabouts and resulting life paths of about 3 more.<br /><br />I just searched 5 of them whose full names I could Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com