tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422881.post5614838008875941686..comments2023-12-21T09:41:50.526-05:00Comments on Lesboprof: A dirty word?Lesboprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249806181782620274noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422881.post-67828994077295999212007-10-10T03:58:00.000-04:002007-10-10T03:58:00.000-04:00Emily: I support you, girl. Though I have to admit...Emily: I support you, girl. Though I have to admit that I was the last one to finish my damn diss. Ah, well.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Dean Dad: What a very sweet response! I hope to follow in your very thoughtful and well-intentioned footsteps!<BR/><BR/>Undine: Thanks... and that made me laugh out loud!Lesboprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09249806181782620274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422881.post-36372076502498719522007-10-07T19:14:00.000-04:002007-10-07T19:14:00.000-04:00To answer your question about why your post at IHE...To answer your question about why your post at IHE met with a much more positive response than that of Treadmill Man: yours was good. It was positive and practical, and it gave readers good ideas about moving forward, much as this current post does.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422881.post-38336767924856908162007-10-04T09:08:00.000-04:002007-10-04T09:08:00.000-04:00Thanks for the shout-out, LP.One of the hazards of...Thanks for the shout-out, LP.<BR/><BR/>One of the hazards of 'empowerment' is that you might find yourself having to handle power. In other words, I don't see any contradiction at all -- none -- in having egalitarian/humanistic values and trying to get into a position from which you can get institutions to act on those values.<BR/><BR/>If you're motivated just by the title (folks around here call me by a shortened version of my first name), that's one thing. But if you're trying to bend the institution to be fairer to some folks to whom, honestly, it just hasn't been, then go for it.<BR/><BR/>Put differently, if humane and ethical sorts don't run institutions, inhumane and unethical sorts will. I try -- not always successfully, I'll admit -- to make my college better for my presence. I'd bet cold, hard cash that the reign of President Lesboprof would result in a more inclusive, more thoughtful university. You go, girl!Dean Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956229655057842122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422881.post-66746767608652074962007-10-04T02:00:00.000-04:002007-10-04T02:00:00.000-04:00i am feeling this right now, as i design my person...i am feeling this right now, as i design my personal plan to be abd in one year and to finish my dissertation two years after that. i want to get into my research, focus on it, get every last bit of interesting stuff out of it, write like a demon, and get a freakin' job. no eternal abd, no wandering around trying to finish. dive in, write, do something else.<BR/><BR/>occasionally i feel like the only person in my department who cares about moving forward in a timely manner. i went out with a bunch of fellow students tonight, and found out i was the only person seriously bugged by the fact that no one in the department is capable of giving students a clear understanding of how the courses are sequenced, how to take them, when to choose an advisor, etc, etc. we are a nice, hard-core-left-wing-theory place where someone said to me today, in all seriousness, "the level of semiotic violence done to the nature of analysis and narrative was astounding." apparently i'm the only one capable of conceptualizing "i don't want to be a student forever; i want to be a rock star professor at a school with a low teaching load and money to buy me plane tickets to interesting places and insurance for my wife." <BR/><BR/>i think there is a baggage to being ambitious among certain academic circles--it makes us look like we aren't actually in it for the work. of course we are. if we just wanted to be Important, we'd pick a line of work with fewer downsides.ajnabiehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00256162101696026785noreply@blogger.com