Re: "Rock In A Hat," Or "How Everyone Gets It Wrong"
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 8:51 pm
I'm sure Bill is a wonderful guy and would be a wonderful student in one of your classics classes.
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Um, OK.Bought Yahoo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 8:51 pmI'm sure Bill is a wonderful guy and would be a wonderful student in one of your classics classes.
Being a professor these days isn't all it once was. For one thing, academia has changed quite a bit, and not for the better. But you already know that. When I got into this profession, my idea of it was way behind the times. I had a silly, romanticized, and altogether inaccurate view of what it would be to be a professor of Classics. If I could move to a different discipline at this point, I might do it. It is not that I feel any different about the material. The subject matter is wonderful. What I don't care so much for is the politics of the field. I am trying to hang on, publishing where possible, and then checking out as soon as I can retire. Academia pretty much blows chunks these days.Bought Yahoo wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 2:45 amI have said before that I wished I could have been a professor of classics. When I read Paradise Lost and Inferno I am hopelessly lost and feel stupid.
Ok, but it'll be short. Man came to earth, wrecked it and lost Paradise.Bought Yahoo wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:50 pmI'd like to see a book about Paradise Lost for persons unfamilar with classical references.
I’m pretty bummed about online teaching right now, but on the whole I’m still very happy to have this job. It’s about what I hoped it would be during all the years I tried to land it.Kishkumen wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:05 pmBeing a professor these days isn't all it once was. For one thing, academia has changed quite a bit, and not for the better. But you already know that. When I got into this profession, my idea of it was way behind the times. I had a silly, romanticized, and altogether inaccurate view of what it would be to be a professor of Classics. If I could move to a different discipline at this point, I might do it. It is not that I feel any different about the material. The subject matter is wonderful. What I don't care so much for is the politics of the field. I am trying to hang on, publishing where possible, and then checking out as soon as I can retire. Academia pretty much blows chunks these days.