This blog is the story of my first academic teaching job and my efforts at the common juggling act of kids+husband+job (+life?). I should have started it about three months ago when I started the job but I was too busy writing lectures on the Habsburgs. I'm really keeping this blog for myself but if anyone else finds it helpful, so much the better. I suspect my experiences are common if not universal to the world of academia: crappy office in remote building (featuring mold), many hours of lecturing, many more hours of prep, no time for research and a lurking feeling that one is doing only an adequate job.
I wanted to call it 'ass lecturer' since that's what my job title was abbreviated to on the application form I filled in. I was a bit worried that might attract the wrong kind of readers, though.
No comments:
Post a Comment