I'm sure a local cab company will give her a job.
Good Gracious where did you find this Chronicle which is probably primed by the regime and designed to pump more white guilt dough into “higher education” ?
The author a Stacey Patton cites 3 examples of struggling professors who are on the dole.
I just deal with the 1st and ask;
What is causing her (beside her selection of studies which is of a very limited demand) to be in this situation ? $900.00 income per month $750 for housing ? $40 weekly for gas travelling to work because the area she works at is too expensive ? Which leaves $110.or $27.50 weekly for expences ? Why is she paying so much for housing (which is probably subsidized) ? What’s causing that ? Could it be some policy of the regime ? Gas for certain is regime policy and never touched by the last campaign which reached into every demographic pocket book .
Point being that so called Presidential campaign run by the GOPES never attacked any of those policies. That’s why we lost.
In today's economy there aren't many degree programs that I'd recommend to my kids. But I know that every home I drive by has or will have plumbing, heating, a/c, and electrical needs. And then there's that sure thing: the funeral business, although cremation has hit it pretty hard.
A PhD in “Medieval Studies” is not a ‘degree’ It is the result of a worthless education. She IS a welfare queen! Teaching a course in “Humanities” is just as worthless. Her plight is not worth discussing any further.
When your PhD is in something that’s only useful for teachers (medieval history) your options are limited. A friend of mine’s mom used to teach architectural history, her first lecture of the semester always started with “if this is your major understand that the only job you can get with this degree is my job, and I’m not leaving”.
Cry me a river.
| Year | College Inflation | General Inflation | Rate Ratio |
| 1958-1996 | 7.24% | 4.49% | 1.61 |
| 1977-1986 | 9.85% | 6.72% | 1.47 |
| 1987-1996 | 6.68% | 3.67% | 1.82 |
| 1958-2001 | 6.98% | 4.30% | 1.62 |
| 1979-2001 | 7.37% | 3.96% | 1.86 |
| 1992-2001 | 4.77% | 2.37% | 2.01 |
| 1985-2001 | 6.39% | 3.18% | 2.01 |
| 1958-2005 | 6.89% | 4.15% | 1.66 |
| 1989-2005 | 5.94% | 2.99% | 1.99 |
That lady with the PhD needs to move from where she lives.....there are plenty of positions at schools for those with PhDs in any subject.....the gal needs to stop trying to live like the Sedona crowd and get motivated....if you have a PhD and cannot get a full-time or tenure position at a Community College...something is wrong with you
That lady with the PhD needs to move from where she lives.....there are plenty of positions at schools for those with PhDs in any subject.....the gal needs to stop trying to live like the Sedona crowd and get motivated....if you have a PhD and cannot get a full-time or tenure position at a Community College...something is wrong with you
There was a time when universities did not grant such questionable featherweight degrees as those in business administration or journalism, and graduates of liberal arts departments, such as, yes, history, would be sought by business and government not for clerical and office politics skills possessed nowadays by the MBAs and J-school grads, but for the depth of their knowledge and thinking. The dumbies have won!
I find it horrifying that one can reach a PhD level of education without learning that income earned is in direct proportion to value created.
The complainer simply cannot accept that all of her education has trained her to do nothing more than deliver a service that no one actually wants.
You may remember a film titled “My Dinner with Andre” which consisted in its entirety of a conversation between two men. It was a fascinating conversation, a great film, though obviously not for everyone, just like Fellini films are not for everyone, and never try to be. I thought of it just now, asking myself who I would prefer to have an long dinner conversation with, an MBA, a journo, a politician, one of those radio shouters admired around these parts, or a Ph.D in medieval history.
Short summary. She’s a bigot and an elitist with an inflated sense of self-worth, who thinks most people on welfare are ignorant lazy people, and is afraid that she’ll be lumped in with “those people” when she in fact is “highly educated”.
And, she thinks her intelligence is not properly appreciated: “”I find it horrifying that someone who stands in front of college classes and teaches is on welfare,” she says”
At some point, a smart person would realize if the only job their degree qualifies them for is teaching other people how to get the same degree, that it isn’t really much of a career move.
My level of compassion for people who get degrees, especially graduate degrees, in a field for which no demand exists, is zero.
Medieval studies and film are important, but it doesn’t follow that they need to be part of academia. My film school was my vcr. Kubrick, Tarkovsky, Bergman, I studied all the greats without ever paying more than the cost of a tape or some library fees.
Getting a PhD in your hobby? I feel sorry for his kids.
Having worked three jobs at once when I was much younger, I would disagree with this woman - both her life choices and her claim that she is not a welfare queen. I would accept welfare if I was physically unable to work in any setting that would support me at a subsistence level (I’ve paid very high taxes for many years and would see the welfare as a return of the money I paid in). Otherwise, I have no moral right to demand that others give up the money they have earned and hand that money over to me. This woman is taking from others instead of finding a job that is available even if it’s not in her first choice career of teaching medieval history to college students. She should work full time at Medieval Manner, if necessary, and live on what she earns.
I'm sure a local cab company will give her a job.