Re: My Life in a Nutshell
Posted: January 26th, 2011, 4:53 pm
That was a funny cartoon. It was funny because there is much truth contained therein.
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Great, wilson! Sending another round of vibes!wilson wrote:My mother, a 30-year school employee and 10+-year principal, examined and approved my cover letter and resume, and my materials have been submitted for Job #1. And so it begins. It feels really good to have the ball actually rolling on real, gainful, living-wage employment. Now I just want to get some interviews.
wilson wrote:Dear God. It's kind of funny, but mostly it's just fucking brutally true.
With each passing week, as I leave grad school further and further behind me, it does get funnier. I'm still kind of pissed off about the whole experience, and in a small way I regret not finishing the PhD (that feeling is fading quickly though), but at least now I am able to see much of the bullshit for how funny it really is.I can only hope it will get funnier as the whole kick in the nuts recedes in my rear-view mirror.
throatybeard wrote:The History one is even sadder/funnier than the English one:
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7488523/
Tell me about it. A couple of days ago, I was jolted awake after a weird dream about the whole experience, sweating and livid, totally unable to go back to sleep. I took this as an indication that it is really time for me to get the hell out of there.colchar wrote:...I'm still kind of pissed off about the whole experience...
This may well be the best indicator of making a decision that's good for you and good for your life. Laissez les bons temps rouler!wilson wrote:Tell me about it. A couple of days ago, I was jolted awake after a weird dream about the whole experience, sweating and livid, totally unable to go back to sleep. I took this as an indication that it is really time for me to get the hell out of there.colchar wrote:...I'm still kind of pissed off about the whole experience...
I really don't think I'll struggle with a great deal of regret. I know there will be moments, but for the most part, I've already been pleasantly surprised at how much I am at peace with it all.
Dare I ask if there's an anthropology one?throatybeard wrote:FTR, here's the English one:
http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=obTNwPJvO ... re=related
I feel your pain. That's what happened to me. Throaty, sending the strongest vibes possible that you do not have a similar experience.throatybeard wrote:FTR, here's the English one:
http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=obTNwPJvO ... re=related
I got my PhD mainly because my advisors were kind, enabling souls interested in professionalizing students instead of masturbatory academic rigor in gradskool. But I'm not good at research. (I'm really good at teaching). I'll post here when I get denied tenure around NYE 2012/13.
You got each lab section to count for 2/3 of a course, or did all of the sections total up to 2/3 of a course?ArkieDukie wrote:I had excellent teaching evaluations in a very difficult subject with one of the heaviest teaching loads on campus. Labs were weighted as 2/3 of a class, so I typically had 30+ contact hours rather than 21, which was supposed to be the normal load.
Each lab section counted as 2/3 of a course. We had 7 course (21 contact hr) teaching loads, and I generally had 1-2 lectures and 2-4 labs per semester. Lecture courses were 3 contact hrs each; labs were 2-4 hrs depending on which class. Non-majors labs (only 2 hrs long) were 1/2 course. All majors labs (3-4 hr labs) counted as 2/3 of a course. I had two 4-hr organic labs per semester; each counted as 2/3 of a course. 8 contact hrs only counted as 4.Lavabe wrote:You got each lab section to count for 2/3 of a course, or did all of the sections total up to 2/3 of a course?ArkieDukie wrote:I had excellent teaching evaluations in a very difficult subject with one of the heaviest teaching loads on campus. Labs were weighted as 2/3 of a class, so I typically had 30+ contact hours rather than 21, which was supposed to be the normal load.
I had a really good talk this morning. I was initially a bit nervous about it, as I feared he might be disappointed or skeptical as to my appraisal of the situation. Carl did not disappoint, though; as ever, he was unflinchingly supportive and encouraging. I really wish there were just one person at Emory who "gets it" the way Carl does.wilson wrote:I have an appointment today for a phone conversation with my MA advisor from ECU, who is one of the most wonderful educators I ever encountered in all my years of schooling. I'm excited to hear his insights as a) someone who knows the vagaries of the university inside and out, and b) someone who really cares about me.
wilson wrote:I had a really good talk this morning. I was initially a bit nervous about it, as I feared he might be disappointed or skeptical as to my appraisal of the situation. Carl did not disappoint, though; as ever, he was unflinchingly supportive and encouraging. I really wish there were just one person at Emory who "gets it" the way Carl does.wilson wrote:I have an appointment today for a phone conversation with my MA advisor from ECU, who is one of the most wonderful educators I ever encountered in all my years of schooling. I'm excited to hear his insights as a) someone who knows the vagaries of the university inside and out, and b) someone who really cares about me.
I am glad that you've got such a great, supportive person in your corner!wilson wrote:I had a really good talk this morning. I was initially a bit nervous about it, as I feared he might be disappointed or skeptical as to my appraisal of the situation. Carl did not disappoint, though; as ever, he was unflinchingly supportive and encouraging. I really wish there were just one person at Emory who "gets it" the way Carl does.wilson wrote:I have an appointment today for a phone conversation with my MA advisor from ECU, who is one of the most wonderful educators I ever encountered in all my years of schooling. I'm excited to hear his insights as a) someone who knows the vagaries of the university inside and out, and b) someone who really cares about me.
Ah, and that is so typical of the faculty at ECU. From what I have observed, they really do care about their students.wilson wrote:I had a really good talk this morning. I was initially a bit nervous about it, as I feared he might be disappointed or skeptical as to my appraisal of the situation. Carl did not disappoint, though; as ever, he was unflinchingly supportive and encouraging. I really wish there were just one person at Emory who "gets it" the way Carl does.wilson wrote:I have an appointment today for a phone conversation with my MA advisor from ECU, who is one of the most wonderful educators I ever encountered in all my years of schooling. I'm excited to hear his insights as a) someone who knows the vagaries of the university inside and out, and b) someone who really cares about me.