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Category Archives: Adjuncting
Shift, Part 2
I’ve been living with an income decrease for almost 6 months now. I prepared for the “eventful” decrease with the help of one of my sons who has some financial savvy. I’m on a scary end of this financial learning … Continue reading
poor, poor pitiful, privileged adjuncts
I got into a bit of a lather over this on Facebook. So why stop there? I read an article by an adjunct about adjuncting from The New Yorker. It irked me. Here’s a tiny bit of it: “The irony … Continue reading
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Tagged ACA, academentia, adjuncting, resilience, working class academic
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the disposable teacher or more griping
I’m older, a woman with kids still at home (who, incidentally, help out in all kinds of ways). I have a terminal degree, as they say. I love how that sounds; it’s terminal alright. Still, there is life after the … Continue reading
my interview
A friend told me she wanted to hear about my experience with a head-hunter. So here goes. I got an email from a reputable engineering firm (my son and his boss vouch for that, and they work at a regional … Continue reading
Posted in Adjuncting, Life changes
Tagged adjuncting, resilience, working, working class academic
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letting go, again
It’s not that I believe nothing good will happen in my future. It’s more that I’m still letting go of all those dreams of the past. It’s not that I’m unable to glimpse other possibilities. It’s more that I’ve spent … Continue reading
downsize
I’m looking at master’s students’ course plans. I have two master’s students right now. They are lovely course plans and I’m looking forward to working with these particular students. Both students asked about changes of direction in some part of … Continue reading
one more long shot
I applied for a job that’s a long shot. Another one. It’s a good fit but a long shot. Best case scenario: full time work. Worst case scenario: about the same. Some told me, basically, I’m damaged goods as an … Continue reading
Posted in Adjuncting, Life changes
Tagged adjuncting, archaeology, resilience, working class academic
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current plan #1190
I’ve spent my days off between 2014 Spring semester and the upcoming (Monday) accelerated summer session letting my mind go untaxed. Untaxed to the best of my ability. That’s saying something since I’ve been in a state of free-floating and … Continue reading
ideal world
In an ideal world I’d teach part time and also run this farm learning center, develop a native plant nursery, and expand the whole deal. In a more than ideal world, one of the colleges I’ve been working for would … Continue reading
Posted in Adjuncting, agroecology, Anthropology, education, ethnobotany, gratitude, gray divorce, Life changes, sustainability education, unschooling
Tagged academentia, adjuncting, archaeology, drylands agriculture, family, farm-based learning, gratitude, gray divorce, micro-eco farming, nature, unschooling, women farming, working class academic
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take note: reblog
Sunday Link-A-Doodle-What-The-F*CK: Adjunct Taint Edition. This explains so much. I’ve heard it. I’ve talked about it in speculative tones. Here it is. This is my life.