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Originally Posted by Washing Machine

That is certainly not the case in Wales. They get paid far, far, far more and are treated by the students as being very cool. I've known lecturers to invite their classes to parties and everything. Even In Sixth Form Colleges (im going to uni in sept, im not sure if you know what sixth form is) The teachers never get treated like shit. In High School its very, very different. The kids rip shit into them at every point they can.

yeah some do no doubt; i taught college while studying and i was never treated like shit (i made sure of that). i also took my class to parties etc. however, many of them behave like children who need to be told what to do and what is going to be in the exam and never heard you give the homework and blah blah blah. shameful.

now i think being a scholar is a fine career but if you can't get in the top schools & get plenty of funding for your studies, conferences, research, etc, chances are you'll be in some sort of academic limbo (do they have adjuncts in wales?) and you'd be better off washing dishes...

in amerikka about 65% of humanities phds do not graduate for one reason or another, and those who graduate don't necessarily have the best of lives....

here in amerikkka really the job is rarely about teaching, it's about doing "research" whatever the fuck that is, witht he result that we have aberrant monstrosities published as "articles" every year. grotesque stuff.

anyway here a couple of cautionary tales...

http://www.plasticbag.org/archives/2...g_a_doctorate/

http://www.invisibleadjunct.com/archives/000006.html

http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/tbu...radschool.html

of course if you want to be a scientist it's a whole different beast. but the humanities... good luck my firend...