tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post5966761565318063587..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Is Preparing for Class Before the Semester Begins "Unpaid Labor"??Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-65352484184384531052013-05-25T15:07:00.185-05:002013-05-25T15:07:00.185-05:00Yes, this (the "research man") is really...Yes, this (the "research man") is really key and is what needs further discussion today, truly. I may have to put in in a post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-16123253751103668162013-05-25T14:05:10.675-05:002013-05-25T14:05:10.675-05:00Yes, we should distinguish between the way people ...Yes, we should distinguish between the way people are treated and the conception of themselves. But we should keep in mind that modern research requires people of what Heidegger called <a href="http://secondlanguage.blogspot.dk/2010/04/ongoing-activities.html" rel="nofollow">"a different stamp"</a>. In practice, this means that people who don't want to be treated this way aren'tThomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-39213270767889035732013-05-25T12:06:08.859-05:002013-05-25T12:06:08.859-05:00"still relatively privileged"
Well, I d..."still relatively privileged"<br /><br />Well, I do not really understand those who claim to be delighted with The Profession, yet fall apart the minute anyone questions what is going on, and assume incompetence on the part of the questioner. When what is going on is the end of the profession as we know it and when that, not the questioning of older realities by younger persons, is the Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-57497863339519383572013-05-25T11:25:11.839-05:002013-05-25T11:25:11.839-05:00"have come to see themselves as wage laborers..."have come to see themselves as wage laborers"<br /><br />Thomas: it's *treated as* not "seeing oneself". One can see oneself as a professional all one wants but the institutions and agencies now want really rigid accounting for hours. The dilemma of not having time to finish A because you must be present on day X for project B is common. The more science and engineering Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-5458033323839679562013-05-25T11:20:46.436-05:002013-05-25T11:20:46.436-05:00It is a major pain not to be paid during the summe...It is a major pain not to be paid during the summer. It means I have to save about 25% of my salary and put it aside for then. It is also a pain to be paid every two weeks rather than once a month. I don't tend to complain about those things because I am still relatively privileged in almost all other aspects of my job. I realize that when I retire in 15 years there will not be many like me Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-66635844953890847512013-05-25T11:06:37.576-05:002013-05-25T11:06:37.576-05:00"not being treated as a professional"
R..."not being treated as a professional"<br /><br />Right, and this makes work difficult on a lot of levels. But it is a reality for many faculty.<br /><br />Also, note that the general public is shocked that one works and is not paid for it in summer. I have to explain it all the time. And many new faculty are not prepared for that first fall check to be late by a month or more, as it Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-71023686447241760932013-05-25T03:28:27.037-05:002013-05-25T03:28:27.037-05:00I run into a version of this problem when people t...I run into a version of this problem when people tell me that they're having a hard time writing their papers because their research project isn't finished yet. I.e., they haven't finished analyzing their data. "Well, obviously, wait until you've got your conclusions worked out," I tell them. "We can't do that because by then we're working on a new project,&Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-54565917860537987092013-05-24T12:24:13.031-05:002013-05-24T12:24:13.031-05:00When they cancel the upper level class you were to...When they cancel the upper level class you were told the previous March you'd be teaching, only two weeks before class started because you didn't make the numbers, yes, it is unpaid labor. And yes, I could have waited until the end to do the syllabus, but since I was a TT, I wanted to do a better job than that. Who decided? The Dean's office, under the orders of the Provost office. Spanish profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248530328973177920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-82495451710154390572013-05-24T10:53:59.735-05:002013-05-24T10:53:59.735-05:00Who decides all this? Someone at the department l...Who decides all this? Someone at the department level? You are not being treated as a professional, in other words. I guess if you don't get to know until a week before, then you won't be spending all summer preparing classes. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-8479329569804103242013-05-24T10:50:41.500-05:002013-05-24T10:50:41.500-05:00It is not a question of how you conceive of your j...It is not a question of how you conceive of your job, it is a question of how your institution conceives of it. We, for instance, don't find out for sure what our teaching assignment is until the week before classes start, for instance; many of the classes we teach, we don't get to just design, we *apply* to teach them; after applying and being accepted by a committee, you may or not be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com