[lbo-talk] in which I'm accused of repressing the reptilian brain

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That's not surprising. When I was in grad school I realized that I would be dependent on these people -- for fellowships, diploma, jobs, promotions, etc -- for the rest of my life.  It's incestuous and the more time you spend there, the more helpless you feel. Particularly in the humanities where it is much harder to see how your skills might be transferrable to any other domain.

All this is very crazy  making. It turned out to be much easier for me to finish my dissertation once I left academia and was working full time in a computer gig than it was when I was in grad school and could focus on it 1/2 time, with the other 1/2 devoted to teaching. 

Academia is very crazy making. The good news is that all the people I know who left academia did exceptionally well in the non-academic world.

Joanna

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From: wrobert at uci.edu
>      Actually, its true that there is a high rate of mental illness
> amongst grad students, empirically.  Although this might not explain
> the NASCAR debate.  robert wood
> 
> > Have I mentioned I am accumulating a growing body of
> > evidence, both anecdotal and empirical, that the
> > post-grad population is one of the most singularly
> > mentally fucked-up populations I'm aware of...?
> > Earlier I was assailed for not being properly down
> > with the common man because I thought NASCAR Romance
> > novels were a funny idea. Hopefully my feeling this
> > way about post-grads gets me safely back in line with
> > common-folk populism.
> >
> > Stop repressing my reptilian hind brain,
> >
> 
> 
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