tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2594666855212631003..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Post midterm smackdownUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24337992691490163502011-10-31T12:11:02.144-04:002011-10-31T12:11:02.144-04:00I am aware of the grim realities of the marketplac...I am aware of the grim realities of the marketplace, but students say to me "But YOU went to grad school!" Um, yes. I also was in a convent for a year. So Good Life Choices might not be my forte. <br /><br />I tell all of them to get certified to teach ESOL. It's a skill but it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy and shit. Like hugging little black babies in Africa, which is what theycmthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814447289455034068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44381088792663138682011-10-31T12:10:54.583-04:002011-10-31T12:10:54.583-04:00Cheer up, Stella. Maybe the one who wants to do t...Cheer up, Stella. Maybe the one who wants to do the MA in Creative Writing thinks that's the best way to galvanize herself into becoming a novelist, and she doesn't want a job in academe at all. <br /><br />Now you only have to brace yourself to read her novels. Feeling better already, right?<br /><br />interesting article by Joanna Russ of beloved memory on who gets into creative Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44837034030760413052011-10-31T01:58:58.196-04:002011-10-31T01:58:58.196-04:00Beyond Rita, I would keep 99.99999 percent of stud...Beyond Rita, I would keep 99.99999 percent of students away from Law School (not enough slots), Medical School, Film School (even more of a ripoff than Law School), etc. I don't want a generation of ignorant people, it's just that there are no slots in certain fields for graduates, either in academia or the private sector.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.com