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« Reply #15 on: May 27, 2008, 09:19:31 PM » |
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[Warning--expanding ego alert.]
My institution did not hire me for my stellar teaching skills; I was hired on the basis of my professional credentials, which includes going to conferences and doing field work. Perhaps my guilt would be so much greater if my students would, say, read the assignments, or not spend precious time dreaming up excuses for missing class whilst they were eating ice cream, having sex, procuring sex through Facebook, etc. I like teaching, and take it seriously, but if there's an important conference, particulary one to which I was expressly invited, guess where I'm going?
All this gallivanting across the world to meetings and what not ends up in my research, supports grad students, etc., as others have noted. Meanwhile, it is really hard to believe that someone who would be attracted to the CHE fora would so totally and completely misunderstand what academics do with their time--you know, all that time we aren't teaching, and have summers off, etc. I am not serving customers, and, if my students want face time with me commensurate with the faction of my salary paid by my state government and their tuition, they get to see me half the time. The rest is bonus.
This kind of thing makes me want to get a nice 9 to 5 job with weekends off.
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« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2008, 09:46:16 PM » |
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I am sure Zinnerson is a very busy person, but it is worth noting that she registered at 1:13 p.m. yesterday, posted four times, and logged off at 2:01 p.m. She hasn't been back since.
We are talking to each other. Not that it isn't pleasurable <doffs cap>--I'm just sayin'.
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« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2008, 10:54:01 PM » |
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I have to agree; when I miss class, I have an equally-skilled colleague substitute for me ... It's not like we get a substitute who lies to them or teaches them the wrong material.
What are those of us to do who have no equally-skilled colleagues? Is, in fact, the lying substitute an option in that case? |
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« Reply #18 on: May 28, 2008, 01:00:38 AM » |
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I have to agree; when I miss class, I have an equally-skilled colleague substitute for me ... It's not like we get a substitute who lies to them or teaches them the wrong material.
What are those of us to do who have no equally-skilled colleagues? Is, in fact, the lying substitute an option in that case? Do your best to have a less-skilled colleague present an adequate lecture, by means of offering him/her copies of lecture notes or something like this, perhaps? There's a toughy. |
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« Reply #19 on: May 28, 2008, 01:15:27 AM » |
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I have to agree; when I miss class, I have an equally-skilled colleague substitute for me ... It's not like we get a substitute who lies to them or teaches them the wrong material.
What are those of us to do who have no equally-skilled colleagues? Is, in fact, the lying substitute an option in that case? Do your best to have a less-skilled colleague present an adequate lecture, by means of offering him/her copies of lecture notes or something like this, perhaps? There's a toughy. Sorry for my lack of clarity - it's not that any of my colleague are unskilled, it's having no colleague available - more of a scheduling issue; for example, everyone having a 9am MWF class. It seems that, at least in the US, there is enough similarity in semester schedules to schedule conferences when most academics are on summer "break". Why is that so hard to figure out? |
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« Reply #20 on: May 28, 2008, 10:24:56 AM » |
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It seems that, at least in the US, there is enough similarity in semester schedules to schedule conferences when most academics are on summer "break". Why is that so hard to figure out?
Because we want to enjoy our summers without traveling to hot crowded cities and take winter breaks away from our students in pleasant uncrowded cities. San Francisco every December. Works for me! |
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It's not procrastination. It's "just in time" delivery.
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« Reply #21 on: May 28, 2008, 11:51:19 AM » |
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It seems that, at least in the US, there is enough similarity in semester schedules to schedule conferences when most academics are on summer "break". Why is that so hard to figure out?
Because we want to enjoy our summers without traveling to hot crowded cities and take winter breaks away from our students in pleasant uncrowded cities. San Francisco every December. Works for me! Some conferences do aim for regular summer meetings. I go to one most years that seems to work fairly well, (not surprisingly) with a lot more families in tow than at other times of year. |
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