Comments for Facts & Other Fairy Tales https://factsandotherfairytales.com Rantings on life Wed, 21 Dec 2016 01:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on The Least Stressful Job for 2013? A Real Look at Being a Professor in the US by Audra /2013/01/04/the-least-stressful-job-for-2013-a-real-look-at-being-a-professor-in-the-us/comment-page-11/#comment-87339 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 01:47:26 +0000 http://factsandotherfairytales.com/?p=270#comment-87339 Dear Kristen,

That’s very cute that you were trying to mock. I’m assuming, however, that you are able to speak so not ‘dumb’.

So, let’s state the obvious — not all bright people have PhDs and not all PhDs have common sense. But you’re also mischaracterizing the point, so congratulations on being completely off topic while trying to be sarcastic.

Have a lovely holiday season :).

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]]> Comment on The Least Stressful Job for 2013? A Real Look at Being a Professor in the US by Kristen /2013/01/04/the-least-stressful-job-for-2013-a-real-look-at-being-a-professor-in-the-us/comment-page-11/#comment-87277 Thu, 01 Dec 2016 23:56:10 +0000 http://factsandotherfairytales.com/?p=270#comment-87277 Not so smart going into such a career path. Really dumb if you ask me. Us “dumb” people out there who don’t have Ph.D.’s are actually very smart not getting Ph.D.’s

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]]> Comment on Anyone remember freedom fries? by james /2015/11/19/anyone-remember-freedom-fries/comment-page-1/#comment-86678 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 12:42:41 +0000 http://factsandotherfairytales.com/?p=372#comment-86678 sup my pandas

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]]> Comment on The Least Stressful Job for 2013? A Real Look at Being a Professor in the US by Audra /2013/01/04/the-least-stressful-job-for-2013-a-real-look-at-being-a-professor-in-the-us/comment-page-11/#comment-86520 Fri, 04 Mar 2016 11:26:06 +0000 http://factsandotherfairytales.com/?p=270#comment-86520 Hi — perhaps if you let me know which logical leaps you feel I’ve made, I can clear them up 🙂

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]]> Comment on The Least Stressful Job for 2013? A Real Look at Being a Professor in the US by bastcilk doptb /2013/01/04/the-least-stressful-job-for-2013-a-real-look-at-being-a-professor-in-the-us/comment-page-11/#comment-86511 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 09:53:59 +0000 http://factsandotherfairytales.com/?p=270#comment-86511 Good info. Lucky me I reach on your website by accident, I bookmarked it.

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]]> Comment on The Least Stressful Job for 2013? A Real Look at Being a Professor in the US by bastcilk doptb /2013/01/04/the-least-stressful-job-for-2013-a-real-look-at-being-a-professor-in-the-us/comment-page-11/#comment-86500 Sun, 28 Feb 2016 18:56:52 +0000 http://factsandotherfairytales.com/?p=270#comment-86500 The very root of your writing while appearing agreeable initially, did not really settle properly with me personally after some time. Somewhere throughout the paragraphs you actually managed to make me a believer but just for a while. I however have got a problem with your leaps in assumptions and you would do well to fill in those breaks. In the event you actually can accomplish that, I will surely end up being amazed.

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]]> Comment on The Least Stressful Job for 2013? A Real Look at Being a Professor in the US by Audra /2013/01/04/the-least-stressful-job-for-2013-a-real-look-at-being-a-professor-in-the-us/comment-page-11/#comment-84653 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:40:45 +0000 http://factsandotherfairytales.com/?p=270#comment-84653 Thanks for sharing your experience. I think you’ve summed up the bizarre balancing act very well — and the institution’s politics, well… that’s a whole different can of worms, isn’t it?

I do think there’s an acceptance about academia’s warts (once we get into it and really know what it’s about) for those who end up being successful and even enjoying it.

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]]> Comment on The Least Stressful Job for 2013? A Real Look at Being a Professor in the US by anon /2013/01/04/the-least-stressful-job-for-2013-a-real-look-at-being-a-professor-in-the-us/comment-page-11/#comment-84652 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:15:38 +0000 http://factsandotherfairytales.com/?p=270#comment-84652 I’ve sacrificed 12 years of health and personal life, hobbies, time with my kids (thank goodness for my stay-at home husband & cook or I’m not sure how women or men in two career families would do this at all) to do this professor gig. After tenure, it doesn’t get much better. sorry to say… Then you have leadership roles in the institution, in your field, more invited talks, more Ph.D. theses to supervise, more research grants to write with colleagues, more travel, more review of articles and grants, and the list goes on. Thank you for writing this! Why do we do it? Well there are perks.. In academe we are not usually ( unless you live in some states like my current one of NC) bound by politics, institutional position, or monetary gain to speak or write the “truth” , we can pursue avenues of knowledge that are interesting and might help society insteadd of those that are just profitable, and we can make a difference in seeing other younger minds light up and succeed. And yes, we do have some flexibility with schedules in that you can leave early to attend a kids soccer game or play, as long as you put in your 80 hours that week.

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]]> Comment on The Least Stressful Job for 2013? A Real Look at Being a Professor in the US by Tips For You If You Wanna Be A Teacher When You Finish College | MagicDor /2013/01/04/the-least-stressful-job-for-2013-a-real-look-at-being-a-professor-in-the-us/comment-page-11/#comment-84255 Sun, 20 Sep 2015 18:31:23 +0000 http://factsandotherfairytales.com/?p=270#comment-84255 […] I’m well aware that most college and university instructors don’t. Let’s not exaggerate the stress, but let’s not go too far the other way […]

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]]> Comment on Shutdown Reality Check from China by Johnnie /2013/10/14/shutdown-reality-check-from-china/comment-page-3/#comment-84219 Fri, 18 Sep 2015 13:46:43 +0000 http://factsandotherfairytales.com/?p=363#comment-84219 This blog was… how do I say it? Relevant!! Finally I’ve found something that helped me.

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