edu.bashing

[Henry M]

Just a quickie, and I'll get out of this edu.bashing thread:

Gotta point their, .edu people. I, too, remember my time at 
university as something like a sweatshop, sharecropping, jail.
Sure is good to be finished with all that, though I might return some 
day and study something more rigorous than C.S., like Lit, this time.

DCNY?

On  6 Nov 96 at 15:56, MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu wrote:

> Well put, Ms. Ed U. Blaine.  Who sez we're all alike in our
> narrowness of concerns?
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Mr. Ed U. Mascaro
> 
> ps.  We could just say:  Hey fella, ED you!!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >I'm wondering how many other academics on the list are constantly
> >surprised to find themselves accused of existing elsewhere than on
> >the planet. I know I am, tempting as it is to pretend to be an
> >effete snob. But remember, people with edu. in their e-mail
> >addresses have been reading heavily in the areas they discuss, so
> >rather than dismissing our views because they're uninformed, you
> >might consider the opposite--particularly in regards to something
> >like feminism, which I can assure you has been mispresented by the
> >(non-liberal) media for at least 100 years (e.g. there were no bra
> >burnings. Surprise!)  Besides, you want a dose of the REAL world? 
> >Check out the job market for Humanities majors...And those of us
> >who did manage to get jobs in the last few years are basically
> >serving lunch in the Ivory Tower, not luxuriating in it (tips
> >gratefully accepted).  Diana
> >
> >
> 
> 

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