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many of the tenured faculty in my given field are running a grift, suck at their jobs
I'd say most of the "good" academics I know - the well liked teachers and colleagues, tenured or otherwise, who do all sorts of above and beyond work for their students and are genuinely interested in doing work that benefits society and are terrified as being seen as ivory tower intellectuals - are absolutely convinced they're running a grift and suck at their jobs. Conversely a lot of the real assholes think they're amazing and talented and the world revolves around the fact that they're extremely familiar with Chaucer or 18th century british history or whatever.
And not trying to be BUT NOT ALL PARENTS!!! here but a lot of the academics I know without kids (or those with kids who are obviously not interested in parenting) are fucking terrible at teaching and any sort of administration where they deal with students (grad / undergrad directors, advising, committee work) because they're hyper-focused adult-children who devote all their energy to whatever their interest is and resent anything that dares intrude into that space. The academics I know with kids, for the most part, have to strongly compartmentalize their life and work and tend to have a much greater sense of empathy towards the needs of others because kids constantly need empathy and people to do shit for them.
But really, I don't understand why anyone would be surprised that academia is just like any other workplace with different strata of power and money, some number of people who are really great and caring and good at their jobs, and a number who are incredibly lazy / malicious / entitled assholes who have failed or scammed their way upward.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 01:44 (three years ago) link
Oh wow I don’t think having kids has anything to do with it but this conversation is not going anywhere productive imo. Idk what the purpose of it is.
As of Dec I got RIFed and am no longer tied to the higher ed grind, at least not formally. It’s a huge relief!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 15:02 (three years ago) link
one month passes...
I can totally picture the type, too. An old school authority figure with no regard whatsoever for students or anyone who isn't his hierarchical 'better'.
― pomenitul, Friday, 19 March 2021 20:54 (three years ago) link
that's great, but the headline is a bit misleading! surely this guy will pop up in the news again somewhere in a couple of years?
― kinder, Saturday, 27 March 2021 08:25 (three years ago) link
Look for the flowers on the backs of his hands, with the words ‘know more’ and ‘artefact’ written across the fingers.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 27 March 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
two years pass...