bacardiandlime
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« Reply #105 on: March 22, 2009, 04:18:58 AM » |
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Also, the OP said he was place bound. Yet still a victim.
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YOU ARE NASTY
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I am the grading Jedi
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« Reply #106 on: March 22, 2009, 09:48:29 AM » |
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Oh, please. We have enough real 'victims' in society, without adding film school PhDs who want to find a job within a 10 mile radius of their house to the list.
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"Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities, we didn't have to produce anything... You've never been out of the university. You don't know what it's like out there! I've worked in the private sector...they expect results."
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« Reply #107 on: March 22, 2009, 10:04:36 AM » |
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OP wasn't trying to learn anything. OP was just spilling venom against a system which he viewed as oppressive. No doubt OP is just as angry now as she was then.
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You are among the Pure and Truthful, however small their Number.
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« Reply #108 on: March 22, 2009, 10:57:39 AM » |
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Oh, please. We have enough real 'victims' in society, without adding film school PhDs who want to find a job within a 10 mile radius of their house to the list.
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Oh, trust me. Us film PhDs are just victims in general. |
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I think this thread is going well. Don't you think this thread is going well?
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« Reply #109 on: March 22, 2009, 11:15:16 AM » |
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Funny, I'm about to start adjuncting again in a few weeks, and have been seeing it as my exploiting and using the McUniversity, which tries to instill a culture of Teaminess and Loyalty in its adjuncts. Must be that irrepressible GenXer in me. You keep the students out of it, that's all -- some of them are sincere and trying to get somewhere, if totally clueless about universityland, and they're the ones being raped for tuition by the McUniversity, which will leave them with a worthless degree. In other words, you actually teach them. But you use the McU for a dollop of money when and if you need it, and blow them off as they try to get you to take classes you don't want, don't find convenient, etc. And you never ever ever let them start turning you into a mentor for new adjuncts.
Same thing with freelancing. Actually I'm in a good situation now with that -- my big client's gone under; the wildly incompetent out-of-state parent company's shutting it down. Thanks to recent changes in my state's law, it looks like the parent co's going to have a very tough time showing that I was a contractor and not an employee. (Reading state code can be lucrative.) So I've filed for unemployment, and we'll see what happens. If I win the round, I'll be up as much as $7K for the year. Best part: I get to keep my friends from local client company, because I'm not threatening their jobs. The parent co screwed them so thoroughly they're happy to help anyone attempting to screw the parent co back.
But yeah, OP, you need another skill. Your adjunct spot's not going to grow wings and turn into a butterfly.
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« Reply #110 on: March 22, 2009, 08:50:24 PM » |
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Also, the OP said he was place bound. Yet still a victim.
OP really expects a film studies TT position to open up in their neighbourhood? ... That's like expecting your financial worries to be over because you bought a metal detector and thoroughly expect to find solid gold roman coins in your backyard. ...seriously, move to Belfast (its an amazing city)... |
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« Reply #111 on: March 23, 2009, 08:52:12 AM » |
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OP is still frustrated but not angry.
Instead of fuming, OP is exploring new options.
Happy now?
I'm convinced this forum exists simply for schadenfreude.
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king_ghidorah
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« Reply #112 on: March 29, 2009, 02:17:38 AM » |
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I'm convinced this forum exists simply for schadenfreude.
Well, duh. Good luck, EA. I may follow in your McFootsteps soon myMcSelf. |
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Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where the heck is the ceiling??
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