tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8258893480025427620..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: 7 Years Ago Today from Ralph from Rutabaga Ranch.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32585667069732981732014-12-01T19:38:09.207-05:002014-12-01T19:38:09.207-05:00I was quite disillusioned about the whole process ...I was quite disillusioned about the whole process while I was a grad student. I was led to believe, when I started back in the Cretaceous Era of the late 1970s, that I could pursue *original* research. In other words, I could choose my own topic, if I wanted to.<br /><br />Instead, I found myself being railroaded into investigating a subject that I neither liked nor was convinced of its Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69248738706102011112014-12-01T15:30:03.624-05:002014-12-01T15:30:03.624-05:00The world has changed since Ralph, truly, but his ...The world has changed since Ralph, truly, but his sentiment is still valid. The jobs are different. The path is different. But he's right on about our own work. Do it if you love it only.Kimmie of the Kensington Kimmieshttp://www.boston.edunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48121809378640887552014-11-30T14:58:09.702-05:002014-11-30T14:58:09.702-05:00Lovely, indeed. I'd rank Ralph up there with ...Lovely, indeed. I'd rank Ralph up there with Yaro as one of the RYS/CM heroes/role models. The kind of prioritization he urges may be becoming harder and harder given the decrease in tenure-track jobs (and the concomitant loss of power for those still in such jobs), or maybe it was always hard, though perhaps for different reasons, but it's still worth striving for. In any case, it'Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77510586162975406192014-11-29T13:50:40.236-05:002014-11-29T13:50:40.236-05:00I apologize. Cal put some Thanksgiving posts off a...I apologize. Cal put some Thanksgiving posts off and has disappeared off the face of the earth apparently. I've corrected the error. Sorry for any inconvenience.College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31596084069075755172014-11-29T13:37:48.851-05:002014-11-29T13:37:48.851-05:00Sorry, the "found here" link isn't w...Sorry, the "found here" link isn't working.Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.com