Just read a Robin Williams quote: Canada is "like a nice apartment over a meth lab."
I find it difficult to argue with that... m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Clark [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 10:28 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: RE:[tips] The Tragedy of An Adjunct > > 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=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c > 9&n=T&l=tips&o=28120 > or send a blank email to leave-28120- > [email protected] > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e > 1&n=T&l=tips&o=28128 > or send a blank email to leave-28128- > [email protected] The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- 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=28129 or send a blank email to leave-28129-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
