Yes Deb, It is bad enough that we part-timers are paid a fraction of what full-timers get but at one of the colleges I teach they also expect us to buy and bring our own chalk!!! Talk about adding insult to injury!!!
Payam --- Deb Briihl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, wait a minute here - I'm reading this e-mail > and, quite frankly, this > sounds like my job now! I pay out-of-pocket expenses > for my health > insurance (the university picks up some, but not > all), I pay for a parking > sticker (I have YET to understand how this > happened)! I do get some moneys > for travel, but it does not pay for the entire trip > (and there were a few > years in which we were told it was not available). > And I don't get > sabbaticals either. There are some advantages - I do > get paid sick leave > (at least I'm signing something each month that > suggests this) and the > university does contribute some money to my > retirement package. True, our > adjuncts are paid miserably (it's an embarrassment, > IMHO) - however, VSU > seems to be going against the trend of hiring > adjuncts. What this means is > that we, as a dept., are more short-staffed. My > classes are constantly > overloaded. Hmmm, maybe you're right Louis, we might > need a union :). > > At 12:48 PM 10/31/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >Just wanted to throw in my 50 cents on this thread. > > > >I can see the argument for successfully working as > an adjunct by teaching > >enough classes to make a decent living. I can see > that it is flexible and > >can be as secure as you make it, with the exception > of those "low > >enrollment" years when full-timers can (and do) > exercise their option of > >taking over an adjunct's class at the 11th hour > because their courses did > >not fill up (happened to me more than once last > year - and, overnight, my > >course-load was reduced by 50% at one institution - > ouch). > > > >Sure, we can make a nice living as the teaching > gypsies that we are. And, on > >the surface, it can look good to make 40 or 50K - > but upon further > >examination, that is not our reality. I think that > the real disparity is in > >the area of those "perks" that are taken for > granted with full-time work. > >The full-timers enjoy a certain kind of > peace-of-mind in that area that we > >do not. > > > >When you add up the costs of these perks, which I > must provide for myself, > >my annual income seems quite lacking. For example, > many of us do without or > >pay high out-of-pocket fees for individual Health > Insurance benefits (which, > >depending on age can be as high as $500 per month > in my area for an HMO!) > >and retirement plans/funds. Less important but > very "perky" are the paid > >holidays, vacations, sabbaticals, and > college-sponsored continuing education > >opportunities. As adjuncts, wouldn't it be nice to > know that, if we were > >suddenly disabled or ill, we could keep a roof over > our heads? > > > >I have no answers here. I have only the "wish" > that we would move more > >swiftly toward organizing or unionizing nationally, > so we can create these > >safety-nets for ourselves. If and when we do, just > tell me where to sign > >up. > > > > > >Haydee Gelpi > >Broward Community College > >Florida > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: pakindle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:27 PM > >To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > >Subject: Re: Adjuncts - Working for Peanuts! > > > >On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Louis Schmier wrote: > > > > > 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. > > > >She does not give this impression in person. She > does what she prefers to > >do - teach. Few of my tenured professors have her > enthusiasm. > > > > > 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? > > > >She addresses this issue in her "How to Survive . . > . " and admits that one > >must be in an urban area where there are adequate > peanuts to go around. > > > >There are few secure jobs anywhere in America > today. Every business person > >knows that the only way to have job security is to > continually provide value > >to their employer. Carroll has embraced the > contemporary business climate > >and applied it to education. That she has done so > successfully, with a > >strong focus on limiting her work to that which she > most enjoys, is > >commendable. Her proactive approach seems > preferable to lamentations. > > > >Peter A. Kindle > >4722 Silverlake Dr. > >Sugar Land, TX 77479 > >281-565-1134 > >832-541-9469 (cell) > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >--- > >You are currently subscribed to tips as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >--- > >You are currently subscribed to tips as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Deb > > Dr. Deborah S. Briihl > Dept. of Psychology and Counseling > Valdosta State University > Valdosta, GA 31698 > (229) 333-5994 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://chiron.valdosta.edu/dbriihl/ > > Well I know these voices must be my soul... > Rhyme and Reason - DMB > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! 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