tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post6355854878598351466..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Retirement? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Retirement. The Big Thirsty.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-63857274014806426612013-06-23T10:08:11.643-04:002013-06-23T10:08:11.643-04:00Well, I'm almost 40, I just got a full time le...Well, I'm almost 40, I just got a full time lecturer position last year (after being adjunct for 10 years), and I'm only just now finishing my PhD. So I won't be retiring for a really long time, if ever. kshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10758001473313265911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46468550063120823032013-06-23T02:31:14.024-04:002013-06-23T02:31:14.024-04:00Maybe you should try a radically different approac...Maybe you should try a radically different approach in the classroom and see if it helps to increase the amount they're learning? Like go completely topsy turvy and see if the complete opposite thing would actually stick?Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34462144308469056142013-06-22T11:55:05.408-04:002013-06-22T11:55:05.408-04:00You, I kind of like the teaching part. I used to ...You, I kind of like the teaching part. I used to like it more, but I don't feel like too many of them are really learning anything. I do enjoy when I feel like I am getting somewhere, learning from them, them learning from each other, I am contributing to that. But the negatives just kill it for me. I really do have to just stop whining and get somewhere that might work better for me. I Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686242633678466958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33791354024560071862013-06-22T10:59:47.810-04:002013-06-22T10:59:47.810-04:00Why would you start doing a bad job?Why would you start doing a bad job?David from Sesame Streethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12374814004243962910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20518703042406273332013-06-21T22:16:33.347-04:002013-06-21T22:16:33.347-04:00My condolences, Bella. I wish I could say I sympat...My condolences, Bella. I wish I could say I sympathize, but I can't. I love teaching - in fact, I don't really enjoy much of anything else. All the misery associated with it is worth it to me, because I love what I do so much. Also, in having worked at jobs from the lowly (ice cream man, repo guy) to the professional (office manager, network admin), I've found that the misery in most Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24588337220020497302013-06-21T13:44:12.800-04:002013-06-21T13:44:12.800-04:0075; that is 22 years from now. I am about half wa...75; that is 22 years from now. I am about half way. But we'll see; hopefully if I start doing a bad job, others will tell me. Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953435368705942387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13394275738438993382013-06-21T08:25:08.856-04:002013-06-21T08:25:08.856-04:00I plan to "retire" to a different profes...I plan to "retire" to a different profession, and as soon as I can.<br /><br />My misery is all too real, and I honestly cannot say I love my job. <br /><br />I feel a tremendous amount of guilt about that.<br /><br />The reason I am still here is that I would like to see if I can remake myself within academia and not be miserable. So far, that is not working out all that well, LOL. Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686242633678466958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6538162613420868472013-06-21T06:16:52.589-04:002013-06-21T06:16:52.589-04:00ASAP.
'Nuff sed.ASAP.<br /><br />'Nuff sed.Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91953777898398347912013-06-21T01:53:35.837-04:002013-06-21T01:53:35.837-04:00I'm self-aware enough not to hold it against y...I'm self-aware enough not to hold it against you if you DID like the idea of my dropping dead, though. I'm sure I've got it coming from at least a few people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48252226712792667302013-06-20T23:09:52.649-04:002013-06-20T23:09:52.649-04:00@Proffie: A problem with emeritus status is that y...@Proffie: A problem with emeritus status is that you lose your lab, since the space (and sometimes even the equipment in it) is so in demand by the young whippersnappers, and I concede that they may be right to want it. Right now my department has a productive young hotshot who could easily put to better use the lab occupied by a tenured old bit of deadwood who hasn't published in years, but Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22904100560115190442013-06-20T22:29:00.532-04:002013-06-20T22:29:00.532-04:00@Frod: Yes to your quotation. Isn't that what ...@Frod: Yes to your quotation. Isn't that what emeritus status is for? I don't get why professors in research universities don't choose to be emeritus as soon as possible. That would let them keep doing what they loved AND provide jobs for the young whippersnappers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-80251063369278995252013-06-20T22:24:05.487-04:002013-06-20T22:24:05.487-04:00The earliest financially viable year for my retire...The earliest financially viable year for my retirement benefits will be when I'm 67, since I started teaching full time relatively late. The college could convince me earlier with a generous golden parachute. <br /><br />I love teaching and enjoy my students most of the time. Their questions, along with discoveries and new methods in my field, keep me on my toes.<br /><br />But it would be Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35691643425195812862013-06-20T22:12:46.322-04:002013-06-20T22:12:46.322-04:00I agree!I agree!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91670110582011003822013-06-20T22:11:46.333-04:002013-06-20T22:11:46.333-04:00Oooh, what a thing to look forward to. Your list m...Oooh, what a thing to look forward to. Your list merits a post, or if it would out you, then perhaps a thirsty.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86148313309406410982013-06-20T21:07:44.110-04:002013-06-20T21:07:44.110-04:00When they stop making 7.62mm bullets.When they stop making 7.62mm bullets.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32911270071933576322013-06-20T17:35:49.340-04:002013-06-20T17:35:49.340-04:00Has anyone weighed in on how great that graphic is...Has anyone weighed in on how great that graphic is?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58208855471582951662013-06-20T16:48:37.551-04:002013-06-20T16:48:37.551-04:0065, because that year my wife turns 62 and she can...65, because that year my wife turns 62 and she can retire with full benefits. But if the feds raise that age then i may stay a bit longer.Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31937794000809999802013-06-20T14:37:17.121-04:002013-06-20T14:37:17.121-04:00When I heard my former assistant department head r...When I heard my former assistant department head retired, my first question was: "How could you tell?"<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51649203672030544922013-06-20T13:27:13.334-04:002013-06-20T13:27:13.334-04:00I pay a required amount of each paycheck into a st...I pay a required amount of each paycheck into a state pension fund that probably will go broke long before I get to retirement age.<br /><br />Ideally, I'd love to retire at 65 or so, travel internationally and hang with friends and family. <br /><br />When I was in graduate school, one of the extremely elderly faculty members who was having 'such a great time' doing whatever the hellBisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02025209722326662833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9160147058841241762013-06-20T13:13:18.074-04:002013-06-20T13:13:18.074-04:00To clarify, I like the cheek, not the idea of your...To clarify, I like the cheek, not the idea of your dropping dead.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403289509523215570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77232887157126591032013-06-20T13:12:11.728-04:002013-06-20T13:12:11.728-04:00I met a prof who was retiring at a department func...I met a prof who was retiring at a department functioned and inadvertently asked him "What was your subfield?" He is still working on a book. I felt So. Bad. Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403289509523215570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-462940806045229392013-06-20T13:11:32.042-04:002013-06-20T13:11:32.042-04:00"like""like"Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403289509523215570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81741388864583689382013-06-20T13:08:50.995-04:002013-06-20T13:08:50.995-04:00I met a prof who was retiring at a department func...I met a prof who was retiring at a department functioned and inadvertently asked him "What was your subfield?" He is still working on a book. I felt So. Bad. Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403289509523215570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44686395703603785112013-06-20T12:31:32.267-04:002013-06-20T12:31:32.267-04:00Considering I'm currently in grad school, I do...Considering I'm currently in grad school, I don't even want to think about this question right now, for two reasons: 1) I might never get a job from which to retire; 2) If I do get a job, I might never be able to retire without it killing all hope of financial stability.<br /><br />Yayyyy.The Mad Dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10104841422695591759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-71616870469768429372013-06-20T11:09:04.669-04:002013-06-20T11:09:04.669-04:00I have a long list of "things to do at work d...I have a long list of "things to do at work during my last year". As I move through that list, I'll be lucky if I actually last the full year and get to retire. I expect that I will have so much fun pissing off so many deserving people that one day my key will mysteriously stop opening the door to my office. A nice security officer will escort me off campus, he and I will stop toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com