On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, pakindle wrote:
> Dr. Jill Carroll of Houston, Texas takes an entrepreneurial approach to
> adjunct teaching. I highly recommend her self-published "How to Survive as
> an Adjunct Lecturer" for a different perspective. It is available at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] I interviewed Dr. Carroll this fall and found her
> enthusiasm and perspective to be quite contagious.
>
> Basically she adopts the entrepreneurial perspective from the business world
> in which adjuncts assume responsibility for managing their "business" in a
> fashion that provides personal freedom and financial stability. Of course,
> she teaches 12 courses a year for three or more institutions to make it
> work. She boasts of an annual income in the $50,000's with no committee
> assignments. I think she may be on to something.
I read the very interesting article in the Chronicle that struggled to
legitimatize the lousy way adjuncts are dealt with. And, I agree that if
you have a lemon, made tasy lemonade. Of course, it would be nice if
there wasn't the presence of the sour academic lemons in the first place.
She works for a lot of scattered peanuts. She reminds me of the pigeons I
used to feed at a kid on the sidewalks of NYC: runing helter-skelter
pecking a peanut here, another there, still another over there. Not sure
her form of personal freedom is as free and nourishing as it seems. What
happens to those not in the situation where the peanuts are scattered
about in close proximity or where there is only one peanut on which to
nibble?
ake it a good day.
--Louis--
Louis Schmier www.therandomthoughts.com
Department of History www.halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html
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