hey On 2/3/08, David V <porphyrous@...> wrote: > To do that, the rule was changed that every faculty > member had to have a Master's Degree in their field of discipline, or > else they would be demoted, and the assumed stance there is that such > instructor's positions would not necessarily be protected if hard times > came. nice! even for a small fish in the ocean of capitalism, the ruthless "market forces" [i guess this is the accreditation market] serve to strip everyone of their humanity, their unique combination of talent/ability/training, and turn them into a commodity. [not stamped with masters degree? onto the trash heap!] > I was angry, and personally embarassed, to be presented with this choice > after I had been making preparations for the project of a lifetime. yes, well, it is most unfortunate. i'm sure your project would have been engaging to you, and enriching to many. but you're only a commodity, a simple cog that can be replaced with another that is stamped appropriately ... [at least according to your school's administration] sometimes i wonder if there is any hope left for humanity ... -- \js [ http://or8.net/~johns/ ]
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Re: [Aetherphon] The story behind the end of Purple Note
2008-02-04 by john saylor