tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post7790115251612558627..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Depression as a Cultural Norm in AcademiaJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-59241947632481391032012-12-18T18:03:14.975-06:002012-12-18T18:03:14.975-06:00I am still working on this question.
I think one ...I am still working on this question.<br /><br />I think one is supposed to affect depression because it is the conventional way to show <br /><br />a) that one has fine sensibilities;<br /><br />and<br /><br />b) that one is very good and deserves better and has resources and is only slumming.<br /><br />In other words it is an attempt at affecting a certain kind of upper class disdain of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-13999541893732703082012-05-11T16:44:37.224-05:002012-05-11T16:44:37.224-05:00Well, we have trouble hiring because we do not off...Well, we have trouble hiring because we do not offer a lot of research resources, and do at times have a lot of very nasty politics at both institutional and state levels. So people who get disappointed, do so because they are precisely not getting to do what they got into it all for. <br /><br />As a person who has been known to get on the phone and beg candidates to come, I am not entirely Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-85102348589083515152012-05-11T16:21:12.428-05:002012-05-11T16:21:12.428-05:00If others would love to have the jobs that much, a...If others would love to have the jobs that much, and conditions really are that good, why is it so hard for us to hire ... why do people keep turning us down for other positions and even other careers? It´s not that we don´t advertise and recruit in all the usual ways; it´s not offering enough resources so that the person will be able to actually pursue the interests that brought them in in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-73972443743244983092012-05-03T09:51:39.568-05:002012-05-03T09:51:39.568-05:00A lot of people want to be us. It is a good life. ...A lot of people want to be us. It is a good life. It is sad that pathetic whining losers occupy jobs that others would love to have.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-41589995248971608552012-04-29T22:45:48.228-05:002012-04-29T22:45:48.228-05:00Well, as a tenured faculty member who sacrificed a...Well, as a tenured faculty member who sacrificed a lot to get to this point, I would have to that in my case a lot of depression in academia is environmentally driven. Academia amounts to high expectations with almost no reward. One is either bombarded with large amounts of trivial criticism or politically supported unworthy praise. I for one wasted my life following an academic life and would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-38622111771273156132011-09-18T15:07:56.840-05:002011-09-18T15:07:56.840-05:00See also: http://www.anagrama-ed.es/titulo/A_430See also: http://www.anagrama-ed.es/titulo/A_430Professor Zerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04909063513731044826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-48127830752794729572011-09-15T16:55:22.081-05:002011-09-15T16:55:22.081-05:00Part of the reason I always get in trouble is not ...Part of the reason I always get in trouble is not being the depressive type naturally. They do not like optimists in academia (although they do like Pollyannas).<br /><br />I think academia causes depression because one is told a couple of (incidentally, mutually contradictory) things -<br /><br />1- depression is a norm you must conform to to fit in and look cool / acceptable, sort of like Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-70099216481272658602011-09-15T13:17:19.194-05:002011-09-15T13:17:19.194-05:00well said, Jonathan. We can be happy and fight aga...well said, Jonathan. We can be happy and fight against injustice (or stupidity if you will) at the same time. Miserable academics do not necessarily make indignados, nor are joyful ones necessarily complacent. Picking my battles is a strategy that I have found infinitely useful to maintain my happiness.Tanya Golash-Bozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299920277816825958noreply@blogger.com