tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2457436356323104045..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Half Assed Big (Not Really) Thirsty.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87102356577843410792016-10-25T06:31:39.945-04:002016-10-25T06:31:39.945-04:00I am thankful to you because your article is very ...I am thankful to you because your article is very helpful for me to carry on with my research in same area. Your quoted examples are very much relevant to my research field.<br /><a href="http://www.cheapcustomwritingservice.com/admission-essay/" rel="nofollow">Best Admissions Essay Help</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20900320671430065192016-10-25T05:24:03.641-04:002016-10-25T05:24:03.641-04:00With this blog you really took our attention to th...With this blog you really took our attention to the points that we never thought about. Thanks for sharing this with all of us. All the best, way to go.<br /><br /><a href="http://capitalcollegeconsulting.com/about/" rel="nofollow">International College Counselor Advisors</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09228943789030081449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-70268504054204135722016-10-23T04:38:44.821-04:002016-10-23T04:38:44.821-04:00Oh, Cassandra, I'm with you all the way on the...Oh, Cassandra, I'm with you all the way on the teaching-tenure-track plan. It would be a particularly good thing for smaller liberal-arts or teacher-training colleges, where research is less central to their mission but has taken on an exaggerated importance thanks to the flood of research-oriented PhDs who, for the sheer sake of survival, have to apply for every opening they see.<br /><br />Pennsylvania Pennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88594358587349052012016-10-22T13:20:00.687-04:002016-10-22T13:20:00.687-04:00That kind of situation can, indeed, get pretty sti...That kind of situation can, indeed, get pretty sticky. I've seen it happen, both among my grad cohort and among colleagues since. The other result can be a department with a lot of married couples, such as my own. It's actually less weird than you'd think it might be, and there haven't been any major difficulties that I know of, but I suspect we've been lucky (e.g. no Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52006390801714921412016-10-22T13:15:14.364-04:002016-10-22T13:15:14.364-04:00That's pretty much the scenario I decided to a...That's pretty much the scenario I decided to avoid, even as a single person (perhaps especially as a single introvert who takes some time to put down roots, and doesn't transplant easily),by choosing a place to put down roots when it became clear the job market wasn't going to do that for me (and that my grad institution wasn't going to employ me anyomore). The tradeoff has been Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48422108618905233482016-10-22T04:25:32.148-04:002016-10-22T04:25:32.148-04:00The two main reasons I'm glad I didn't emb...The two main reasons I'm glad I didn't embark on graduate study after college: (1) an academic career wouldn't have suited me at all, and (2) two academics in one marriage is at least one too many. Curly Charlan is right: in this case, different is definitely good.Pennsylvania Pennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50294425087543277222016-10-21T14:58:45.369-04:002016-10-21T14:58:45.369-04:00Since we're all still early-career scholars lo...Since we're all still early-career scholars looking for tenure-track jobs, my friendships with people close enough to me in my discipline to compete for jobs have several areas of thin ice. I can't imagine being in that position with a partner. Most, but not all, of the intradisciplinary partnerships I'm aware of are people from different areas, so that wouldn't usually come up, Curly Charlannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-70675160663809141312016-10-21T08:50:18.035-04:002016-10-21T08:50:18.035-04:00Yeah, Chinese food in America was invented by a (C...Yeah, Chinese food in America was invented by a (Chinese) American.<br /><br />However, it's so Goddamn delicious that it is now about as popular in China as it is here. We took a lie and we made it true.<br /><br />God bless America.Annie From Abelardhttp://www.webuyanycar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55094781270755265642016-10-21T05:23:22.684-04:002016-10-21T05:23:22.684-04:00Speaking as the non-academic spouse, it's a wr...Speaking as the non-academic spouse, it's a wretched life, precisely because of the nuttiness of the job market, as Cassandra says. The eight years of graduate school were one thing; we figured it was the temporary price to pay for a good career later on. The subsequent nineteen years of constant employment instability were another order of magnitude altogether. He was on the job market Pennsylvania Pennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51261480454558444712016-10-21T03:20:57.874-04:002016-10-21T03:20:57.874-04:00I dudnt actually know that, though I'm not sur...I dudnt actually know that, though I'm not surprised, given that "curry" is supposedly invented in the U.K. rather than being properly Indian...<br /><br />It comes from the Chinese take away, therefore counts as Chinese food whilst I'm in the U.K. If I'm in china or visiting a Chinese person, I'd try to be more careful about my definitions...JaneBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779448611795379774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20684955750100643122016-10-20T23:58:40.142-04:002016-10-20T23:58:40.142-04:00On the topic: I don't have a partner, and a go...On the topic: I don't have a partner, and a good many of my close friends are academics, but I also interact a good deal with non-academics in the community, especially at church. I do think it's good for academics to have regular contact with those in other professions, but I'm not sure that keeps academic matters from becoming all-consuming at times (of course, the same can be saidContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68262630407632820222016-10-20T23:53:05.563-04:002016-10-20T23:53:05.563-04:00Not to pick a nit, but I'm pretty sure that ch...Not to pick a nit, but I'm pretty sure that chow mein is actually American, not Chinese. But anyting with ginger and garlic should be good for a cold. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17519256168280435582016-10-20T15:49:59.633-04:002016-10-20T15:49:59.633-04:00What kind of Chinese food? I've got a cold and...What kind of Chinese food? I've got a cold and would love some chow mein right now...JaneBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779448611795379774noreply@blogger.com