tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post1722347933778983668..comments2023-10-08T05:00:23.559-04:00Comments on Clarissa's Blog: A School without a VoiceClarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-20301758823184360772009-08-11T20:11:18.783-04:002009-08-11T20:11:18.783-04:00I never doubted that English lit department would ...I never doubted that English lit department would be preserved (at least for now). But are you suggesting there is a department of Hispanic Studes (which always gets massive enrollments)? is there a Department of Slavis Studies? Germanic Studies?<br /><br />No doubt English and French will stay as official languages of Canada. But what about the rest?Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-66449244616317605192009-08-11T20:07:11.577-04:002009-08-11T20:07:11.577-04:00I go to Carleton. I'm an English major with a ...I go to Carleton. I'm an English major with a double minor in French and Critical Sexuality Studies. I'm not sure where you got this information but you should probably double-check your sources. I do know they took out some languages that weren't getting a high enrollment, but they added new ones to replace them.<br />Carleton's administration has admittedly done tons of terrible and reprehensible things, but this isn't one of them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338528447020457455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-92056013727664424252009-05-29T15:50:25.640-04:002009-05-29T15:50:25.640-04:00Exactly. And then, of course, no worthwhile educat...Exactly. And then, of course, no worthwhile educator or researcher would want to accept such conditions. But who's thinking about that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-19812883503550381372009-05-29T14:23:14.457-04:002009-05-29T14:23:14.457-04:00---What are they going to teach?
Whatever happen...---What are they going to teach? <br /><br />Whatever happens to be in demand at any given time. And to optimize this system further they will claim that only temporary faculty can meet these quickly changing market demands, and abolish the tenure system.<br />V.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-63674919161344514402009-05-29T12:35:51.572-04:002009-05-29T12:35:51.572-04:00No languages, no literature AND no science??? What...No languages, no literature AND no science??? What are they going to teach? Sales techniques like "less bitching, more pitching" and "fake it till you make it"???Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-47755300128389549242009-05-29T11:56:47.446-04:002009-05-29T11:56:47.446-04:00Oh, I agree with you. As I said before, the associ...Oh, I agree with you. As I said before, the association wants to offer equality to all schools. Even those that don't offer us any equality with other disciplines. Stupid, I know.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-43218666942422611832009-05-28T09:41:26.926-04:002009-05-28T09:41:26.926-04:00What I meant in my previous post is that I am sure...What I meant in my previous post is that I am sure that your association knew about Carleton U's plans. So why did they decide to attend the conference knowing about their business plans? Your association could have asked their members NOT to go... or to go to protest. I mean, this association does not care about the well-being of their members, especially the ones with precarious positions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-18118468443634340622009-05-28T09:11:50.238-04:002009-05-28T09:11:50.238-04:00It is all part of the larger trend according to wh...It is all part of the larger trend according to which higher education is just another kind of business... Some universities closed their physics departments as well...<br />V.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-52079274761028619362009-05-27T18:08:10.344-04:002009-05-27T18:08:10.344-04:00Exactly!! I wish I had known about this before.
...Exactly!! I wish I had known about this before. <br /><br />Carleton was completely unprepared to host such a huge conference. After a full day of presentations, there was nothing to eat or drink on campus. And by drink I don't mean alcohol. I mean anything other than tap water.<br /><br />If at least I had known about any of this in advance, but they never warn you about anything.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-37332618738248226212009-05-27T17:59:00.369-04:002009-05-27T17:59:00.369-04:00I am appalled that the same University that shut i...I am appalled that the same University that shut its foreign languages and literatures programme also went on hosting a conference... on foreign languages and literatures. It would have been responsible and logical from your organization to boycott the venue. Or to protest on campus. Sadly, that is way too much to expect from academics in the humanities.<br /><br />Honestly, I am outraged that academics showed up at that conference, knowing about the lack of scope of that "University," and pacifically gave their little talks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-67267546429428791472009-05-27T17:18:46.597-04:002009-05-27T17:18:46.597-04:00The minute I finish this post, I read an article a...The minute I finish this post, I read an article about some Conservatives who are upset with those who dare to pronounce Judge Sotomayor's name correctly (because it's "unnatural"):<br /><br />http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/5/27/735933/-Midday-Open-Thread<br /><br />This is exactly what I was talking about in my post. Soon, everything that's a tiny bit different will be considered "unnatural."Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.com