My dept is in the process of hiring a new faculty member. One very strong candidate wrote in their application that they were of Native American descent and transgender (MTF).
When we interviewed them we met a crew-cut person wearing dress slacks and a men's dress shirt - the only sign that they may be female was maroon finger nail polish…
My dept is in the process of hiring a new faculty member. One very strong candidate wrote in their application that they were of Native American descent and transgender (MTF).
When we interviewed them we met a crew-cut person wearing dress slacks and a men's dress shirt - the only sign that they may be female was maroon finger nail polish. Due to color contrast of the nail polish I noticed that their fingernails were shorter than mine! (I am cis-male).
This candidate was the strongest of the bunch by far - I wondered why they hadn't already been hired by some College or University. Then the penny dropped!
I told our dept chair that if they are hired, I bet they will 'detransition' as soon as they get tenure.
I just hope they wear a flowery blouse to the second interview ... it is so hard to find talented educators who will work for low pay.
Also, Higher Ed is becoming a Ponzi scheme. Graduate degrees in the vast majority of fields (especially non-STEM) are pretty much only useful for teaching positions. So they must create enough teaching positions for all of this generation's Ph.D.s (and Masters). They do that by selling the next generation on those (not very useful) fields.
Also, if our K-12 system were not near the bottom of industrialized nations, most Americans could get a decent job out of High School. A tin-hat wearer might suspect schools of education of sabotaging K-12 teaching to ensure Americans need a college degree. The focus on social-justice over instruction may be part of that plan - our children are not being taught how to read, write, think and do math. You can bet our economic competitors aren't doing this to their next generation...
Also, I can't stand the indoctrination of children in books about gender and pronouns. Or the censorship of wonderful classics--among them Dr. Seuss and Astrid Lindgren. And see this recent book: https://queeringbook.com/
My dept is in the process of hiring a new faculty member. One very strong candidate wrote in their application that they were of Native American descent and transgender (MTF).
When we interviewed them we met a crew-cut person wearing dress slacks and a men's dress shirt - the only sign that they may be female was maroon finger nail polish. Due to color contrast of the nail polish I noticed that their fingernails were shorter than mine! (I am cis-male).
This candidate was the strongest of the bunch by far - I wondered why they hadn't already been hired by some College or University. Then the penny dropped!
I told our dept chair that if they are hired, I bet they will 'detransition' as soon as they get tenure.
I just hope they wear a flowery blouse to the second interview ... it is so hard to find talented educators who will work for low pay.
There's an old saying about academia: "the competition is so stiff because the pay is so low!"
Good one!
Also, Higher Ed is becoming a Ponzi scheme. Graduate degrees in the vast majority of fields (especially non-STEM) are pretty much only useful for teaching positions. So they must create enough teaching positions for all of this generation's Ph.D.s (and Masters). They do that by selling the next generation on those (not very useful) fields.
Also, if our K-12 system were not near the bottom of industrialized nations, most Americans could get a decent job out of High School. A tin-hat wearer might suspect schools of education of sabotaging K-12 teaching to ensure Americans need a college degree. The focus on social-justice over instruction may be part of that plan - our children are not being taught how to read, write, think and do math. You can bet our economic competitors aren't doing this to their next generation...
Also, I can't stand the indoctrination of children in books about gender and pronouns. Or the censorship of wonderful classics--among them Dr. Seuss and Astrid Lindgren. And see this recent book: https://queeringbook.com/
Thank you for promoting Lancing and Lindsay's book.
Very much worth reading!