@InkySchwartz
Adjuncts are paid about 1/3 of what they ought to be paid if not LESS. It's absurd and horrible.
I quit that job because of the pay. And I was a damn good community college math teacher.
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@futurebird @InkySchwartz That whole BS system is why, when I finished my MS, I decided a PhD and academia were not in my future. I love teaching and now do it as an industrial machinery […]
@futurebird @InkySchwartz Adjuncts are a symptom of a deeply fucked-up funding and management structure for higher ed in the US. We seriously decided to turn university professors into […]
@InkySchwartz
After being an adjunct for years moving to a job with "OK" pay made me feel like the richest person in the world.
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@futurebird @InkySchwartz Para staff, too, especially in special ed. It's appalling.
@InkySchwartz
Taking a vow of poverty for the good of math? You can stuff THAT one buddy.
@futurebird I'm a good community college geography prof. And we are closer to 25% of regular pay.
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