tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post852302510314807140..comments2023-08-01T01:15:40.086-07:00Comments on Northwest History: No, You Cannot be a Professor--the ReactionsLarry Cebulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16798046652983001155noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-29697058211830505742018-03-20T10:47:15.904-07:002018-03-20T10:47:15.904-07:00Here in 2018 and...
"But even for those stud...Here in 2018 and...<br /><br />"But even for those students, surely the economy will recover in the better part of a decade they would spend in grad school."<br /><br />WelpJoel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-23610369871598928882016-03-19T21:31:38.936-07:002016-03-19T21:31:38.936-07:00So, if my undergrad degree in the humanities is en...So, if my undergrad degree in the humanities is enough, what jobs exist for me that make more than $8.00 an hour? And why do you assume that the students who are in school cannot accomplish things outside of school? I worked full time as an undergrad at an expensive private college and (without Mommy or Daddy) earned equity in a home and also my degree. But now what? I can't waitress forever and English degrees don't pay my bills. Why are you teaching classes that you literally don't want us to take with us and apply to our careers? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09763024508878890007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-72236269106573070482015-04-14T23:31:28.952-07:002015-04-14T23:31:28.952-07:00Aquaria, I teach public, not academic history and ...Aquaria, I teach public, not academic history and so far my students are in fact finding jobs.Larry Cebulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798046652983001155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-32335827818746869312015-04-12T02:33:14.048-07:002015-04-12T02:33:14.048-07:00If your students aren't finding jobs in your f...If your students aren't finding jobs in your field, then fine, but why aren't you preparing them for jobs that they could be doing with the degree instead?<br /><br />It sounds like a good deal of the failure of your students to find meaningful employment with their expensive degrees is on your end. Maybe you should teach them the skills they need?<br /><br />You never know. It might work!Aquariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07578444793424041263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-79136114328629604902014-10-23T21:08:01.476-07:002014-10-23T21:08:01.476-07:00I read your original post and many other's art...I read your original post and many other's articles on why I shouldn't go to grad school (PhD). Thank you, but I'm going to do it anyway. Because if I don't at least try to do what I love, what's the point?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-64411168561529052262013-06-06T04:59:17.334-07:002013-06-06T04:59:17.334-07:00Sorry, Larry, you suffer from the terrible disease...Sorry, Larry, you suffer from the terrible disease of telling as you see it. This is not well viewed in today's world of "keeping a good environment". Marcelo P F Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612180040876305765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-13557280696339851652011-12-18T11:11:56.315-08:002011-12-18T11:11:56.315-08:00Diana, you are not THE Professor Sparkle Pony. Whe...Diana, you are not THE Professor Sparkle Pony. Whether you are A Professor Sparkle Pony, I don't know!Larry Cebulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798046652983001155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-85441537657552008022011-12-16T19:25:00.514-08:002011-12-16T19:25:00.514-08:00Wait a minute Larry... am I professor Sparkle Pony...Wait a minute Larry... am I professor Sparkle Pony? Be honest.Diana Walsh Pasulkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12569490751966309466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-30283112771955210902011-12-06T11:29:00.231-08:002011-12-06T11:29:00.231-08:00Spot on. Lecturers & Adjunts == sweat shop lab...Spot on. Lecturers & Adjunts == sweat shop laborers. They can earn more per hour working at Starbucks. Hope for a meaningful career in academe is best pursued as a staffer, not as an academic.<br /><br />Check out Benjamin Ginsberg latest:<br /><br />The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All-Administrative University and Why It MattersAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843304885770564990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-44278007586987519572011-12-04T20:59:34.301-08:002011-12-04T20:59:34.301-08:00Nancy, how is it self-serving? I gain nothing. And...Nancy, how is it self-serving? I gain nothing. And I hate doing it. That is not what self-serving means.Larry Cebulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798046652983001155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-88297293707698458272011-12-04T19:29:32.640-08:002011-12-04T19:29:32.640-08:00Tenured professors who tell grad students that ten...Tenured professors who tell grad students that tenure will not be available to them are being self-serving. Tenured professors should be putting their energy into promoting history, not just kicking back and saying that what they have no one else can have. Where is their passion for the field of history? If it’s not that important to you, you don’t belong here.Nancy, grad studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674196100193584414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-73594634636713904722011-11-29T15:26:17.408-08:002011-11-29T15:26:17.408-08:00Good to know that at least one Professor knows how...Good to know that at least one Professor knows how to stir the pot and may actually cause someone in the universe to actually think for themselves and use reality as a basis for uh, reality.Michael Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975287768310130919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-1221547673369834962011-11-29T12:27:34.768-08:002011-11-29T12:27:34.768-08:00Here's my response. It also had a pretty livel...Here's my response. It also had a pretty lively discussion in the comments. I'd love to see what you think. <br /><br />http://www.rogerwhitson.net/?p=1238Roger Whitsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09728434263500252895noreply@blogger.com