tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post113683251739856991..comments2024-01-28T03:35:51.182-05:00Comments on Reassigned Time: Lunchtime Post, in Lieu of WorkDr. Crazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-1136901255992186292006-01-10T08:54:00.000-05:002006-01-10T08:54:00.000-05:00Congrats on the letter, how nice!I agree that rese...Congrats on the letter, how nice!<BR/><BR/>I agree that research is work and it can't occupy all off-time! I get annoyed by folks who completely fetishize academic work, like just because we've found a job we like means it's no longer a job, but a "calling." Meaning, there's no point in doing anything but sitting in our little ivory towers, even when the whole thing's crumbling around us from casualization, adjunctification, postdocification. When universities are investing in hedge funds instead of their communities and are lying about it.<BR/><BR/>I love love love my work, but that's exactly why I fight for it and union organize at my university rather than sit in the library stacks in every off minute I have.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, didn't mean to get going there on a rant :).Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16995641658376827290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-1136899309079795492006-01-10T08:21:00.000-05:002006-01-10T08:21:00.000-05:00Thanks, everybody. I should note that this is a q...Thanks, everybody. I should note that this is a question they ask of all graduating seniors on a survey and so the letter from the VP is a form letter meant to go in the P&T binder, but it made me happy nonetheless as it's the first time I've gotten one. <BR/><BR/>NK: I agree that one has more difficulty doing certain parts of the research/writing thing during the semester - the same is true for me. I think the thing for me is that I can't be off of research for 9 months and then manage totally to immerse myself in it for 3. I need to always have it lurking around someplace so that I don't have to go through the pain of starting up after a long break, I think. I think this is what conferences can be good for - keeping research on one's mind even if only in the form of a 15-minute presentation.Dr. Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-1136880369764362792006-01-10T03:06:00.000-05:002006-01-10T03:06:00.000-05:00What a great letter! Those sorts of kudos really g...What a great letter! Those sorts of kudos really get me through the dark days...<BR/><BR/>Congrats!Terminal Degreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16523014953046778630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-1136868532312051392006-01-09T23:48:00.000-05:002006-01-09T23:48:00.000-05:00I agree with you about not leaving research to bre...I agree with you about not leaving research to breaks (and I have colleagues, in 3/3 land, who say the same thing - that they only get research done on breaks). I certainly get more research done on breaks (though I take breaks too!), and it's probably slightly different work (I have a hard time doing sustained archival stuff, even if I have the docs here, during the school year). But I don't WANT to leave research to breaks! I certainly don't manage to think about it/get immersed in it every day, but I'd like to think about it more frequently than every 3-4 months.New Kid on the Hallwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04982506415757771218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-1136859391855748162006-01-09T21:16:00.000-05:002006-01-09T21:16:00.000-05:00Congratulations on your nice letter!!! What a love...Congratulations on your nice letter!!! What a lovely compliment, and how marvelous that the student sent it to somebody like the VP of research.Chaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124246378936489539noreply@blogger.com