tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post806643950139447925..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Adjunct professors are hiding in plain sight. From the Denver Post.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34602712778333366512013-01-06T20:01:17.033-05:002013-01-06T20:01:17.033-05:00When all the capitalists, Libertarians, and Republ...When all the capitalists, Libertarians, and Republicans are killed after The Revolution this "new normal" will be in the dustbin.<br /><br />You didn't sell your soul (unless you are a college president in disquise); the capitalist ruling class did. You live in the ruins of their failure.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81137319810032759772013-01-06T16:48:01.091-05:002013-01-06T16:48:01.091-05:00I work as a sessional, which seems to be the Canad...I work as a sessional, which seems to be the Canadian equivalent of an adjunct. I teach labs and classes (at two universities in two different cities) on short term contracts. The lack of job security sucks, but I can't really bitch about my pay, though. <br /><br />$800 a course is way less than what Canadian sessionals make. I think Wal-Mart employees get paid more per hour.Garnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00708117591028699227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13469439773377955882013-01-06T10:43:11.507-05:002013-01-06T10:43:11.507-05:00I think the adjunct "crisis" is just the...I think the adjunct "crisis" is just the new normal now. We've sold our souls by buying in to this model and I fear nothing will ever turn it around. Tenured proffies are dinosaurs.<br /><br />Enjoy it while it's still around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com