"Sour grapes?--I've made wine, baby . . ."
So begins Lawrence Hammar's reflection on adjuncting and working outside academe. It's in the current issue of The Qualitative Report.Starving grad students and those who can't stand their current faculty appointments might find some humor (and food for thought) in his rambling essay. My favorite part:
"I had to answer a memo that I had put off for too long already, inquiring as to when I wanted to be tested on the newest stack of blue-colored training materials, impressively labeled 'Deviations' (you don't even wanna know). 'Nope,' I said to myself, 'I am drawing a line in the sand. You can't make me, you can't make me.'"
His "Consulting Dos and Don'ts" are good advice for anyone who works for a living. They include this frightening line:
"If you're still a youngish academic, don't make the mistake of thinking that if you just keep plugging away, you'll eventually get a job."
.: Posted by Duane Bidwell on Thursday, February 26, 2004
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