tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7634549846008104386..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Another Thirsty: How DO you spend your time?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64534311313240834792010-09-29T12:47:53.246-04:002010-09-29T12:47:53.246-04:00Merely academic:
I'm blushing. But don't g...Merely academic:<br />I'm blushing. But don't give me too much credit. I asked for the opportunity, and am getting generous compensation for it. It's a grind, but the only thing to fear in my location is being crushed by the weight of multinational bureaucrats.<br /><br />I watch the kids my daughter's age go outside the wire with the very real possibility of not coming back. I miserable adjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607025328823563088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34592313630303009762010-09-29T08:10:14.651-04:002010-09-29T08:10:14.651-04:00I would be "the kind of mother who just lets ...<i>I would be "the kind of mother who just lets her kids play in the street to find out what happens."</i><br /><br />Y'know, that comment is what's wrong with today's students in a nutshell. Our parents didn't hover over us like overprotective hens; we were sent out to play in the street. That's how we learned to do things on our own.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49034716441278256212010-09-28T19:50:06.130-04:002010-09-28T19:50:06.130-04:00ps: Atom Smasher and I are barely competent at car...ps: Atom Smasher and I are barely competent at caring for ourselves, so there are no little Smashers on the horizon at present. One of my friendlier department secretaries once told me that I would be "the kind of mother who just lets her kids play in the street to find out what happens."<br /><br />Probably true.cmthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814447289455034068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24807756403392991152010-09-28T19:41:35.277-04:002010-09-28T19:41:35.277-04:00Tuesdays (which are not like MWF)
545: Awake to d...Tuesdays (which are not like MWF)<br /><br />545: Awake to dog barking at Neighbor Dog. Jab Dog fiercely in ribs with foot.<br />5:48: Relent, arise, walk Dog while wearing a combination of half-clean rugby clothes, wellingtons, and a sweatshirt from Atom Smasher's alma mater.<br />615: Feed Dog, Feed Self<br />620-635: Grooming (Self, not Dog)<br />635-745: Drive to Other College Town<br />cmthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814447289455034068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41255173984179032012010-09-28T16:32:37.829-04:002010-09-28T16:32:37.829-04:00Dean Suzy's day:
* Yeah, late day today, I ge...Dean Suzy's day:<br /><br />* Yeah, late day today, I get to sleep until 7am!<br />* 9:15-9:55 Deanstuff: sort out furniture problem for adjunct; organize key for new professor; Fix some numbers for the third time; sign some stuff; brush off flake hoping I can get him into a class he needs to graduate<br />* 9:55-10:00 Admire new baby of colleague<br />* 10:00-11:45 Meet with department X andSuzy from Square Statehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085856052108645578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27551371377860248002010-09-28T15:37:54.591-04:002010-09-28T15:37:54.591-04:00Yaro, I love you.
Miserable Adjunct, I will never...Yaro, I love you.<br /><br />Miserable Adjunct, I will never complain about my job again. Well, I will. But I will be ashamed of myself for it.Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37540373950830423592010-09-28T14:07:24.849-04:002010-09-28T14:07:24.849-04:009 am until 3 pm: Give of myself to my students.
3 ...9 am until 3 pm: Give of myself to my students.<br />3 pm until 9 pm: Give of myself to Mrs. Yaro.<br />9 pm until 9 am: Give of myself to the pillows.Yaro Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441132376102092786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25994180037819546952010-09-28T13:30:02.976-04:002010-09-28T13:30:02.976-04:00Working in Afghanistan for my full-time employer v...Working in Afghanistan for my full-time employer version:<br />0430-0500: Wake up, shower, shave dress. If you're really lucky, you'll have the communal shower to yourself<br /><br />0500-2100: Work (short breaks for meals, picking up laundry and walking to meetings in adjacent buildings). However: every place you could possibly need to go is within 500 feet of where you sleep,<br /><br miserable adjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607025328823563088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1969587247291002992010-09-28T13:00:04.223-04:002010-09-28T13:00:04.223-04:00Well, if I weren't on sabbatical this year, a ...Well, if I weren't on sabbatical this year, a teaching day would look something like this:<br /><br />6:30 Up and at 'em.<br />6:45-7:45 Run or Swim.<br />8:00-9:00 SSS, eat breakfast, glance at paper.<br />9:00-10:00 Walk down the hill to the public transportation of choice, take public transportation. Grade, read, or prep on Public transit.<br />10:00-12:30 Arrive at office, check emailArchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197015065747868297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45762864899832711252010-09-28T12:36:35.192-04:002010-09-28T12:36:35.192-04:00My week varies depending on what city I'm &quo...My week varies depending on what city I'm "living" in.<br /><br />6:45 Get up and get ready to leave. Declare my love to Crazy Math Spouse (on Wed it's "I love you, I'll miss you, I'll see you Friday).<br />7:15 start the drive to work.<br />8:30-ish arrive depending on weather, unpack my stuff and frantically gather my stuff for class number 1<br />9-3 teach Crazy Math Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409653814917911532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28490417859633472842010-09-28T10:59:37.635-04:002010-09-28T10:59:37.635-04:004 am - wake up check fantasy football.
5 am - face...4 am - wake up check fantasy football.<br />5 am - facebook like a mofu.<br />6 am - Special K and toast like a mofu.<br />7 am - kiss wife and then drive to school.<br />7:30 am - lead class discussion on something.<br />9:00 am - office hour (more fantasy football, more facebook, and then perezhilton.com!<br />10:30 am - lead class discussion on something, but do better jokes in between.<br />W.T. Pfefferlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522687306482305195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55599590770955163982010-09-28T09:31:15.329-04:002010-09-28T09:31:15.329-04:00I primarily teach on MWF (with one Tuesday evening...I primarily teach on MWF (with one Tuesday evening class), so here is a "typical" MWF:<br /><br />6 - 6:30 am (depending on how late I stayed up the night before): Wake up<br />Wake up - 7:15: get ready for work<br />7:15 - 8:00: Sit in traffic trying to get to campus (this varies depending on weather and day of the week, sometimes its shorter, sometimes longer)<br />Arrive - 8:45: Chloe CommProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17292340580439806650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73855426258802373652010-09-28T09:24:46.664-04:002010-09-28T09:24:46.664-04:00I sleep more than you guys. I have to, or I crash...I sleep more than you guys. I have to, or I crash the car. So:<br /><br />6 AM wake up.<br />6-7 plug kid into TV and check e-mail, eat breakfast<br />7-8 get kid ready for school<br />8-9 answer e-mails<br />9-9:15 call hospital, ask about status of terminally ill mother<br />9:30-3 at hospital, where I read journal submissions and dissertation chapters, prep class, grade<br />3-4 answer Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39969257099343165842010-09-28T08:57:22.349-04:002010-09-28T08:57:22.349-04:00sabbatical version:
midnight-2 am :sleep
2-2.30 a...sabbatical version:<br /><br />midnight-2 am :sleep<br />2-2.30 am: feed baby bottle<br />2.30-6.30 am: sleep<br />6.30-8.00 am: the barely contained chaos that is getting breakfast and school lunches etc ready for 2 kids + 1 baby.<br />8-8.30 am: get kids to school + daycare<br />8.30: return to bed. sleep until I "naturally wake up"<br />10.00-1.30 (depending on how late I stayed up Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35407696786572525852010-09-28T08:18:16.239-04:002010-09-28T08:18:16.239-04:00I have a great deal of variation from day to day, ...I have a great deal of variation from day to day, because this is essentially about six jobs rolled into one. I'm single, with no family. Here's how today went:<br /><br />11:00 a. m. Wake up, eat something, wash.<br /><br />12:30 p.m. Arrive at the office via bicycle. Set voicemail and web page to tell students and other faculty that the weather is good enough for an astronomy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17713663701969348832010-09-28T00:35:51.149-04:002010-09-28T00:35:51.149-04:00Wow, having kids really adds an extra dimension. ...Wow, having kids really adds an extra dimension. I've been married under a year, and the hubs and I are waiting on kids for a few years because we know what a life change it will be (a welcome one, mind you, but, yeah. Huge, right?). Thank goodness I only have his hungry ass to come home to. ; ) <br /><br />So, since you referenced me (thanks, it's the only citation I'll probably FreudianQuiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553994377027122904noreply@blogger.com