tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post3393418952031045880..comments2023-11-22T04:27:07.521-06:00Comments on glen brown: "I Quit": The Importance of Not Being an Adjunct Instructor by Tiffany Kraftgbrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435049339082622611noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-32931115293451792052016-08-31T17:58:11.031-05:002016-08-31T17:58:11.031-05:00Very powerful piece. Leaves me ashamed about my c...Very powerful piece. Leaves me ashamed about my complicity in the system and wondering about remedies (while realizing that wondering's not enough).Martin Traceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01216981304070071170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-30050105328485823022016-08-29T18:51:31.554-05:002016-08-29T18:51:31.554-05:00In Florida on the Space Coast, the treatment and p...In Florida on the Space Coast, the treatment and pay scale of adjunct instructors is horrendous. Many local elected politicians teach a college course as part of his/her resume to prove that he/she "pays back" to the community. Occasionally, the elected official actually appears at the class rather than the re-paid substitute provided by the adjunct. <br />Credentials? The elected official is automatically credentialed because of his/her position. The substitutes provided are provided at the discretion of the elected officials as a temporary situation. Basically, it's a scam and charade. Training as education. Follow the directions in the book as teaching. Memorization as knowledge. America's education as meaningless accumulations of hours of time put in - hours exchanged for college credits.<br />On paper, it is not supposed to be this way. It is, however, de facto.<br />One of my neighbors is an engineer at the Kennedy Space Center. He told me that if an Apollo 13 emergency occurred today with the present engineers and leadership teams, Apollo 13 would be a hopeless disaster.Ken Previtihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10513924091013990654noreply@blogger.com