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Myths About Elitist Academics
Friday’s Feature: Myth #6
Myth #6: Elitist academics are slobs. Hmmm . . . this reminds me of an article I read a while back “Professors Should Dress Like Professionals” by Robert Weissberg in which he talks about how folk in our profession often lack “professionalism.” RW made central to his case slovenly-dressed, tie-dyed, novelty-tee-wearing profs and their attendant … Continue reading
Friday’s Feature: Myth #5
Myth #5: Elitist academics look down on other people. Only if we are tall or way up high, for example in ivory towers, where we live in intellectual isolation, like hermits, wealthy hermits, who line our caves with student papers and where we while away the hours reflecting on our own amazingness or counting our … Continue reading
Friday’s Feature: Myth #4
Myth #4: Elitist academics do not live in the “real world.” True. After riding on tornadoes in our homes from Kansas, landing on the Wicked Witch of East, and stealing her ruby tacones, we skip off down the yellow brick road to our offices in the Emerald City, but not before taking a detour into Middle … Continue reading
Friday’s Feature: Myth #3
Myth #3: Elitist academics long to be Mr. Keating in Dead Poet’s Society I actually had a student write something like this on one of my course evaluations. I am fairly certain it was meant to be an insult, though I am not entirely sure of what I was being accused. So let me see … Continue reading
Friday’s Feature: Myth #2
Myth #2 Elitist Academics Don’t Bother to Work During the Summer Why should we? The majority of us have nine-month contracts, which means, unless we opt to stretch out our paychecks over the year, three months out of the year we don’t get paid. Who works for free? I mean who would continue to direct … Continue reading
Friday’s Feature
Myth #1 Elitist Academics Think They are Better Than Everyone This is absolutely not true. We only think we are better than most people, not everyone, and we resent the generalization. In all seriousness, where does this idea come from? Better how? More educated? Define “education.” Smarter? Define “smart.” The reality is that as … Continue reading
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