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Oh the whining!

Oh the whining!

I wish I could say, like Fraud, that I like my job, but my dirty little secret is that, at the moment, I dont!

My god, the whining, the never-ending whining. Most of it is from students that either cant or wont read simple instructions (much less the reading assigned for class!), and were apparently never taught the rudiments of polite behavior (hint, when calling a professor to ask a question, it is generally a good idea to preface the question in some way, perhaps by using the word "Hello"). These are upper level students, and I have to wonder how they made it this far. And that query is, at root, why I hate my job currently. Is that the ideal we are espousing? Because its not what I signed up for -- I signed up to be a professor, not a teacher, to lead students to knowledge and make the introductions, not consummate the relationship for them.

I love the research part of my job right now, and, gee, it would be nice if I could do some of it instead of pandering to lazy little brats, covering for lazy old faculty, and teaching too many courses.

Someday soon, I hope that I can again say that I love my job, but right now the joy isnt here, just the overwhelmingness and overwork. Im not bitter though, not at all. Because Im sure that teaching is important for tenure!

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