Erin (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} erinpoo) wrote in juliesstudyhall, |
Amen, sistah.
I've never felt like a true "academic," and I'm pretty okay with that on most days. I have no desire to trot around to conferences and talk about my Very Important Research (although traveling sounds fun...I never get to travel, so that would be a change). I have no desire to deal with the politics or try to stay ahead of trends to enhance my marketability, because, well, I'm a person, not a product. I've always thought the snobbery amongst English "sects" is just stupid, and that the varied strengths of literature/criticism, creative writing, and rhet/comp (and computers/comp, and...and...) could really benefit each other - just like you/Gary/Erika talked about in your panel last year.
There are lots of things that suck about academia and make me want to leave sometimes. But in the end, I know that I would be miserable sitting in a cubicle somewhere from 8-5, five days a week, and I would miss the teaching and learning and lifestyle of it all. The challenge is trying to find the energy and resolve to try be part of the change and evolution, instead of just bitching about it.
But for now, bitching about it is pretty much all I have room for in my life. =)
What is "low-res"? Low-residence, I'm assuming? At any rate, I used to be really skeptical about online instruction - but now I'm really digging it, for lots of reasons. Distance learning and creative writing sounds really interesting - are any programs offering online creative writing courses or curricula? Do you know?
I've never felt like a true "academic," and I'm pretty okay with that on most days. I have no desire to trot around to conferences and talk about my Very Important Research (although traveling sounds fun...I never get to travel, so that would be a change). I have no desire to deal with the politics or try to stay ahead of trends to enhance my marketability, because, well, I'm a person, not a product. I've always thought the snobbery amongst English "sects" is just stupid, and that the varied strengths of literature/criticism, creative writing, and rhet/comp (and computers/comp, and...and...) could really benefit each other - just like you/Gary/Erika talked about in your panel last year.
There are lots of things that suck about academia and make me want to leave sometimes. But in the end, I know that I would be miserable sitting in a cubicle somewhere from 8-5, five days a week, and I would miss the teaching and learning and lifestyle of it all. The challenge is trying to find the energy and resolve to try be part of the change and evolution, instead of just bitching about it.
But for now, bitching about it is pretty much all I have room for in my life. =)
What is "low-res"? Low-residence, I'm assuming? At any rate, I used to be really skeptical about online instruction - but now I'm really digging it, for lots of reasons. Distance learning and creative writing sounds really interesting - are any programs offering online creative writing courses or curricula? Do you know?
