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SpeedingStudent (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I cannot disagree with anything you just said.Also, people need to stop feeling "entitled". Just because you get a PhD in English literature does not mean you will get a tenure position at Yale.However, the lack of prospects for some of these grad students is truly frightneing.A higher degree should help one ESCAPE a future of bagging groceries for welfare mothers! That is the whole damned point: freedom from the lifestyle of the working poor (like I am currently living)...
lala234lala (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
'is these field' should be 'in these fields'
lala234lala (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I agree; he completed a degree program, but your point seems to be that every person who completes a degree program is entitled to a tenure track faculty position. These positions just don't exist in many disciplines. Schools know it, but they often don't tell their students. Students often know it, but they don't think they will be the one left 'bagging groceries'.There is no reason a doctoral student is these field should not understand how difficult it is to get a tenure track job.
SpeedingStudent (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
He went to school for years, and paid his dues.I work a crappy retail job, and even I agree with him. One day, i will go to grad school for my PhD in Psychology, but that will be several years from now.Great video, very interesting...and angering at the same time.
jenkinscrowe (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I did get out.
lala234lala (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
exactly
lala234lala (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
what job do you want? do you know how many applicants apply for each tenure-track position? do you know how the median time to a tenure track position? a PhD is no guarantee of a decent job. schools have to be more forthcoming with these information, but you have a responsibility to be informed as well. if you are not comfortable with the job prospects, get out now!
lala234lala (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i strongly support better treatment of adjunct faculty and graduate students, but the elitism in this video is ridiculous. the interviewee seems to be too good for a 'normal' job and is entitled to a 'middle-class' academic lifestyle. there is nothing wrong with wanting an academic job, but the way in which his desires seemed to be wrapped in his perception of his social status (not wanting to be seen with the common folk bagging groceries) is elitist.
tigereye1964 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
How do you know it was her car and the gift wasn't a purse? Not to imply abuse doesn't occur of course, but this incidental evidence is hardly bullet proof.
Americo1974 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Last night I saw a woman paying with food stamps (she had a $1,500.00 purse and was driving a new BMW) Totally abuse of the system. |
