tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post3329655262783347492..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Adjuncting = Stockholm Syndrome?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65376452988378394382012-01-25T21:24:54.509-05:002012-01-25T21:24:54.509-05:00At the place where I used to teach, we were expect...At the place where I used to teach, we were expected to attend extra in-service courses after the students had left for the summer. They weren't mandatory but not going didn't do one's reputation there much good, particularly when it came time for one's performance appraisal.<br /><br />I went to a few of those sessions during my early years there but eventually I stopped as I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90941201986323304762012-01-25T20:54:47.482-05:002012-01-25T20:54:47.482-05:00When I think back to my undergrad days, I'm su...When I think back to my undergrad days, I'm sure that many of my profs were concerned that their students, including me, actually learned something. I doubt, however, that they were willing to have their personal lives devoured by that, nor did I expect or demand it of them.<br /><br />When my masters at the place I used to teach at took umbrage that I might actually want to have a life of myAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37747081938087838012012-01-25T20:53:27.686-05:002012-01-25T20:53:27.686-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59417826133234808792012-01-25T19:10:17.679-05:002012-01-25T19:10:17.679-05:00Yup. Someone just noticed this?
"But when te...Yup. Someone just noticed this?<br /><br />"But when teaching well becomes an end in itself, and becomes the goal to which all else is sacrificed, including the adjunct’s economic self-protection and psychological self-care, then something is terribly, terribly wrong."<br /><br />Adjuncts in our department were expected to attend an (unpaid, of course) grading workshop during the winterFunny about Moneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13188173788063351801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74802856863489005212012-01-25T15:56:04.486-05:002012-01-25T15:56:04.486-05:00"... it's exploitation that is enabling s...<i>"... it's exploitation that is enabling some asshole like Mitt Romney take a vacation from his "earnings" by investing in my for-profit slave camp."</i><br /><br />I am SOOO glad I'm quitting. I should buy a special 500 gig hard drive just for storing my list of reasons. New ones every day.AdjunctSlavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025851491072402087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-63844043804833324862012-01-24T23:24:20.832-05:002012-01-24T23:24:20.832-05:00It's so much worse when you work for a for-pro...It's so much worse when you work for a for-profit institution. Because it isn't just a matter of exploitation, it's exploitation that is enabling some asshole like Mitt Romney take a vacation from his "earnings" by investing in my for-profit slave camp.Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42648497444486647172012-01-24T23:20:07.709-05:002012-01-24T23:20:07.709-05:00My former employer depended on this, or so I was i...My former employer depended on this, or so I was informed by certain administrators. I had to identify with my students because we were all together in that wonderful journey of learning and success blah-blah-blah.<br /><br />The reality was that the administrators were more concerned about their reputations and getting favourable comments from students. Identification with them, or lack Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com