tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post116506807129227143..comments2023-11-03T03:33:00.860-07:00Comments on Jennifer Bartlett, Poet: New York Rears It’s Ugly HeadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-1165197036263384142006-12-03T17:50:00.000-08:002006-12-03T17:50:00.000-08:00That's just bizarre. I have no answer for that NCC...That's just bizarre. I have no answer for that NCC call, except that they already hired for the year awhile ago. But they do hire yearly --<BR/><BR/>When I applied, I just sent my cv and a cover letter, period. I don't have my Ph.D. Why don't you just send it when the next hiring ad gets posted?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-1165184219560570762006-12-03T14:16:00.000-08:002006-12-03T14:16:00.000-08:00Hey Amy K!I applied to many CUNY schools. They had...Hey Amy K!<BR/><BR/>I applied to many CUNY schools. They had positions listed in the Times AND in their website. But, when I emailed re: my resume, they said they had no jobs. Ordinarily, I would attribute job rejection to my disability - but the Universities CLAIM they want a diverse teaching population. I suspect that there are so many phD.'s out there the competition's brutal. I called Nassau CC and they said they wouldn't even consider a non-PhD. I guess mucho publications, five years teaching. a book from a University Press and another on the way, and TWO master's just isn't enough!Jennifer Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931457867406555423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-1165165486156794402006-12-03T09:04:00.000-08:002006-12-03T09:04:00.000-08:00I got lucky. Being at a community college elimina...I got lucky. Being at a community college eliminates the competitive aspect. We're they're to teach, period. And our chair supports us one thousand percent. He wants us to have job security, doesn't abuse us or treat us like second rate warm bodies to stand in a room practicing discipline and punish. That said, I barely tolerate teaching the intro to writing class because the students can't handle their first taste of freedom. The attrition rate is high. But after that, my other courses are mostly pleasant with the regular average joes and janes who are tepid about learning and then there's usually a core group of four or five that are enthusiastic -- I focus on them and consider my contribution to the future significant. <BR/><BR/>But I know of the ugliness you speak. I mix with other academics by default and see the feelers going out among little soirees and the questions ask are meant to size one up. My community college status automatically puts me in the second class citizen boat. I don't care. But you're right: I would very much care if I was trying to get a job and survive. I feel for you. It's very much a ranking game, even for adjuncts. I want to recommend worthy places to apply for decent adjunct positions, but none really come to mind this morning. Where have you applied?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-1165075656821977242006-12-02T08:07:00.000-08:002006-12-02T08:07:00.000-08:00Sigh....it's a delimma. I have a real love/hate re...Sigh....it's a delimma. I have a real love/hate relationship with this place. Only when I leave for a time do I remember why I chose to live here. The worst part is the constant waiting, standing in line, traffic, just trying to get your voice heard. And the public school system....Oy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com