Subject: Re: 13 Gen'ers<-----the unlucky bunch
From: WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 07 1997 - 18:38:26 GMT
Andrew, I use the same approach to literature. There are many talented
writers--and some never get published--but most of the best ones do get
published. I know you can easily diagree (teaching lit IS teaching
conflicts!), but who said life is supposed to be fair?
I do hear your frustrations and just finished having lunch with some
talentend grad students at colorado state u where where we talked about
their job hopes...I think being fair to oneself is the best of fairness we
can expect and I do know how depts think when they do a search (I received
two job offers last year and 4 oncampus interviews). If folks are going
to pursue grad degrees, I advise them to specialize in a few things and to
individualize their skills according to both their strengths and what the
market looks for...you can rage on all you want about all the folks who
aren't getting what you think they deserve, but how do you really know
what they are doing for themselves and what they really deserve?
will
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Andrew Kennis wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, WILL HOCHMAN wrote:
>
> > Though I agree with this "fact," I also think such facts are excuses and
> > that individuals can do whatever they can do...
> >
>
> Individuals can do whatever they can do, eh? Interesting. Very
> interesting. So, individuals can magically create jobs that aren't there
> Will? Once again, interesting Will, very interesting. No matter how
> ingenious and talented you think you are, there are dozens more like you
> that are unemployed and you should know this. You really should. I've
> spoken to far too many PhD/tenured Profs here who have plenty of stories
> about talented and unemployed PhD holders who they know who had graduated
> with them from their PhD programs. It is a sorry state of affairs that
> when overcrowded Universities reign free in this country, more than ever
> before, that our society can't put our priorities straight to employ the tons
> of unemployed PhD holders who could be educating the future of this country.
>
> --AK
>
>
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