The other problem is that we tell the students that they will have special treatment, and that I'm here to help them. And I am, but they have to put forth SOME effort. I'm here to help you when you have exhausted your capbilities, not because you don't want to be bothered.
Anya: It's lovely! I wish it was mine! Oh like you weren't all thinking the same thing. Giles: I'm fairly certain I wasn't.
'The Killer In Me'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Vortex - Jun 28, 2007 6:30:53 am PDT #5217 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
shrift - Jun 28, 2007 6:40:01 am PDT #5218 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Oh, today is just not going to go well.
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2007 6:40:36 am PDT #5219 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So, Liz Claiborne is dead and the Spice Girls are going on tour.
That's my news for the day.
Happy birthday, Hec!
Dana - Jun 28, 2007 6:44:30 am PDT #5220 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I may have to negotiate about salary in my interview today. Ick.
tommyrot - Jun 28, 2007 6:49:13 am PDT #5221 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I hate negotiations like that too. Which makes me wonder why that is. Maybe it's because in the times I've had to negotiate pay, I've never been able to negotiate from a position of strength. It's almost as if I want to tell them, "I'd really like it if you gave me more money, but I'll take whatever you give me." It'd be better if I could say, "Company X will pay me Y - what will you pay me?"
At least, you know, in buying a car I have the knowledge that I can just walk away from the deal if I don't like it.
Stephanie - Jun 28, 2007 6:53:51 am PDT #5222 of 10001
Trust my rage
I think it's so funny that some people love negotiating and others hate it. I am a hater and thankfully, I've never had to negotiate my salary.
shrift - Jun 28, 2007 6:57:36 am PDT #5223 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I have the dumb, and I'm trying to unsnarl at least two nasty problems. As a result, I am making stupid mistakes that are generating even more work for myself. Whee.
megan walker - Jun 28, 2007 7:00:32 am PDT #5224 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I think that what really makes me angry about this is that these inquiries, whether intentional or not, seem to endow the asker with a sense of entitlement that in general, tends to annoy me about students. It could be that they just don't know how to speak/write, but sometimes they just seem so huffy about have to actually explain themselves.
This is one of the main reasons I left academia. The sense of entitlement combined with a complete lack of independence/self reliance is a killer combination.
Trudy Booth - Jun 28, 2007 7:02:17 am PDT #5225 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
What's the new gig, Megan? I just assumed you were being professorly!
Dana - Jun 28, 2007 7:03:01 am PDT #5226 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Maybe it's because in the times I've had to negotiate pay, I've never been able to negotiate from a position of strength.
Yeah. My husband had to remind me that I am actually negotiating from a position of strength. I have nearly ten years of experience doing this, my current earnings are completely in line with what salary surveys I can find, and if they can't pay me what I'm worth, I can stick with contract work.
But it's still icky. It'll probably be one of those situation where I psych myself up about it and salary doesn't even come up today.