tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8347622129907816351..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: This Week's Big Thirsty From Trepidatious Tina.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55219098476347378892015-07-03T14:53:50.151-04:002015-07-03T14:53:50.151-04:00Growing up as a big city girl, it never, ever occu...Growing up as a big city girl, it never, ever occurred to me that I would end up in a town with no Nordstrom, no Costco, and no escalators. I love it here, though. I've met some wonderful colleagues at the university (and even married one of them). The thing that took me a while to get used to was moving from urban anonymity to everyone knowing my business. It's a strong incentive to Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711314415244801354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-14818208826715712642015-07-02T19:21:29.077-04:002015-07-02T19:21:29.077-04:00See also number 16 of "100 Reasons NOT to Go ...See also number 16 of "100 Reasons NOT to Go to Graduate School," which is:<br /><br />Where you live will be chosen for you.<br /><br />I'm a fine one to talk, of course. I wound up in Fresno.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75026261739841710512015-07-02T16:30:27.220-04:002015-07-02T16:30:27.220-04:00See number 91 of "100 Reasons NOT to Go to Gr...See number 91 of "100 Reasons NOT to Go to Graduate School," which is:<br /><br />Downward mobility is the norm.<br /><br />I was an undergraduate at a quasi-Ivy, got my Ph.D. at an Ivy, and had three postdocs in five years in research-intensive places. I then taught at a major NASA facility, at the same time I was an Accursed Visiting Assistant Professor at a nearby private engineeringFroderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.com