I also won the lottery (my stuff just happens to be trendy in my field), but my husband has been having trouble even finding adjunct opportunities. It’s like begging people to exploit him. It sucks so hard, especially since I know just how good a teacher he is and how much he really, really cares. You’d know if you ever see him in a classroom. But of course the system doesn’t care. And of course none of my fancy colleagues could remotely relate to our situation (let alone help lol), in fact the shit they’d casually say in front of us there’s no way to characterize other than major micro-aggression. I like research and teaching and even dealing with student-related bureaucracy (it’s actual lives at stake there) but the social and class aspect of the job is so suffocating.
This is exactly my position. Love teaching, students are great, can't survive on it, and people treat adjuncts or early career scholars as fucking serfs. :not-good:
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I also won the lottery (my stuff just happens to be trendy in my field), but my husband has been having trouble even finding adjunct opportunities. It’s like begging people to exploit him. It sucks so hard, especially since I know just how good a teacher he is and how much he really, really cares. You’d know if you ever see him in a classroom. But of course the system doesn’t care. And of course none of my fancy colleagues could remotely relate to our situation (let alone help lol), in fact the shit they’d casually say in front of us there’s no way to characterize other than major micro-aggression. I like research and teaching and even dealing with student-related bureaucracy (it’s actual lives at stake there) but the social and class aspect of the job is so suffocating.
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This is exactly my position. Love teaching, students are great, can't survive on it, and people treat adjuncts or early career scholars as fucking serfs. :not-good:
Yup, it's a goddamn dumpster fire. Congrats making it through, and solidarity!