> Adjuncts and other academic temps do not have it that bad in comparison.
WS, have you actually done that adjunct gig? I did -- for a while -- and felt very much like a Wal-Mart stooge, encouraged by my employer to withold the grade, and badgered by my students to grant it.
I'm proud to say that I gave every of 'em an 'A', except the ones who really annoyed me. Them, I flunked.
It's good to be the King.
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Some fine cliches there. Should be encouraged. Too many damn people trying to be different. Coining phrases when a good platitude would do and save anxiety.