That’s why I put that horrid AHA chart in everything I can. At this time of year, is very easy to think things aren’t as bad, especially if you’re invested in that narrative. The only thing unique about me was the public nature of my experience.
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Very few young scholars are going to have their academic struggles deconstructed in the comments sections of a dozen higher ed blogs. Nor should they have to be “public” with those struggles and endure that scrutiny in order to have their realities acknowledged.
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Our methodology, if we have one, cautions us to think about the silences in the record. Often, we argue that they aren’t even silences, or that we just need to look at other sources. But it’s so hard to access the inner lives of some groups.
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All I’m saying is no matter where you are in the higher ed ecosystem, remember that the evidence you see—the evidence you stumble across—isn’t all there is. I’m just one tiny data point, but there are so many of us in the space between those lines.
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These thoughts brought to you by my ongoing struggle to determine whether my experience is a true example of the exceptional normal
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I was on the job market for seven years. It took me almost a decade to not have job anxiety this time of year. I used to get anxiety dreams where despite having tenure, that budget cuts meant I was now reduced to visiting and my contract was going to expire!
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Thanks for sharing this! As a recent grad, it really helps me keep things in perspective.
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Your willingness to be public and honest about academia is comforting to others in the same position and may help us all work for change in how people think about this.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Or the only one not on tenure track...
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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