tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529647435872563341.post3471625719651099433..comments2023-07-05T06:55:53.577-04:00Comments on College Ready Writing: Real-World Experience, Teaching Contingently, and AcademiaLee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529647435872563341.post-25205129646679654112011-05-03T19:29:13.654-04:002011-05-03T19:29:13.654-04:00(btw, I'm the clarinetist on the Chronicle, ju...(btw, I'm the clarinetist on the Chronicle, just for continuity)<br /><br />Here's the problem I have with professors and "the real world." Bear in mind, most of my professors have been, if not tenure-track, at least full time. <em>Every single professor I've ever been close to</em> has asked me what I want to do with my life and then prompted, "graduate school?" (I'm a history major.) When I follow with "No, I want to have a full time job before I'm 30/I don't want to have to deal with academic politics/Screw 30, I want to have a full time job <em>eventually</em>," they smile and nod and tell me that's a good decision, and <em>then</em> we move on to what I do with my time when I'm not in their class and who might pay me to do that sort of thing. But that doesn't change the fact that nobody in academia (from the professors to the staff to the administration - hell, the nice woman who works at the bursar's office asked me if I was staying on for my master's) initially suggests a job for me that doesn't involve graduate school. Most of them seem to have a one-track mind, and that's frustrating for those of us who have no desire to do the PhD thing.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12523577224755827213noreply@blogger.com