Hi As much as a comment on Adjuncts, I saw this as a sad commentary on healthcare in the US, since medical care appeared to be one of the reasons an 83 year old woman needed to work at a very low-paying job. But then I'm Canadian with a quasi-socialized medical system, like most developed countries in the world.
Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology 204-786-9757 4L41A -----Original Message----- From: Annette Taylor [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 8:30 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] The Tragedy of An Adjunct I intensely dislike tear-jerkers; never to go a movie that is described as such and this post-gazette piece is of that genre--dramatized to artificially create emotion. Then the kicker was the author's affiliation: so here is a university where the union wants to come in and unionize the adjuncts and there follows the tear jerker by a union official. I realize that the workload versus the compensation of adjuncts is not balanced; I started my professional life as an adjunct and I will probably end my professional life as an adjunct in my retirement years. But I don't need to have my emotions twisted by an external factor to have compassion and a reasoned understanding of that plight. I felt manipulated by this piece rather than saddened. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=28120 or send a blank email to leave-28120-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=28128 or send a blank email to leave-28128-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
