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if you are paid an adjunct salary and have basically no time to prep for classes because you have to teach several just to put bread on the table, you might not
by tetraodonpuffer 10y ago
if you are paid an adjunct salary and have basically no time to prep for classes because you have to teach several just to put bread on the table, you might not have a choice but to use these "uninspired" slides.
I would be wary of calling a teacher "lazy" in these post-tenure days. Not saying lazy teachers don't exist but these days I would definitely give them more the benefit of the doubt.
- iak8god 10y agoI've done the adjunct thing, and I'm sympathetic to your point. The current state of post-tenure higher ed is just not sustainable. What exactly is the point of having an overworked person (pulling 60 hours weeks at below minimum wage, as some adjuncts I know do) stand up in front of a group of students and read slides to them that just summarize the textbook chapter that they've all supposedly just read? Luckily for the administrators who've created this situation, most students care so little about actually getting an education that they fail to notice how badly they're being ripped off.
- CyberDildonics 10y agoThats not teaching, its basically just being present while people teach themselves.