Is this really news?

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Spiffor
At least in my field of Academia, peer review is most often a joke. The "peers" are often acquaintances or friends of each other, and they often have written collective works. They don't tend to take shots at each other, and they're mostly interested in the productions of their clique (which is normal, considering that their clique is the group that specializes on the topic they're specialized the most).

When something is very important, I would think some exceptional peer review is in order.

I think any peer review at all is in order, given what you've said.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
People who want to work on interesting problems stay in academia...

I'm sure there are a number of fields in which this is definately not true...

[Agathon]

I'm sure there are a number of fields in which this is definately not true...

Commerce, Management and all the other fake academic subjects.

[DinoDoc]

I'm sure there are a number of fields in which this is definately not true...

What would Agathon do if he actually had to work for a living? I can't believe you hate him so much.

[Agathon]

What would Agathon do if he actually had to work for a living? I can't believe you hate him so much.

I bet I work harder than you.

[DinoDoc]

I doubt that very much. I know what professors in real academic fields of study do all day and you aren't even in a real academic field.

[Agathon]

What would you know...

[Admiral]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
I doubt that very much. I know what professors in real academic fields of study do all day and you aren't even in a real academic field.

Your knowledge may be restricted. My parents are both professors, and they never have any time for anything. And maybe my parents are the exception. But I get the impression that the parents of my friends back in high school (also generally professors) didn't have that much leisure time either.

Also, the reality of the academic field really doesn't effect the amount of work. Work in academia is work in academia.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
I doubt that very much. I know what professors in real academic fields of study do all day and you aren't even in a real academic field.

I'd hazard a guess that most of the professors under 60 years old in my department work at least 60 hours a week.

[DinoDoc]

I'd wager you don't work in the philosophy department (as Agathon does).

[KrazyHorse]

I work about 50 hours a week. Last year from Jan. to May I worked about 80 hours a week.

[KrazyHorse]

That ran me pretty ragged. 5 graduate level classes + TAing + research = tired

[Agathon]

I'm teaching two courses (both for the first time) and TAing and grading as well as doing research.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Funny that it takes you three different descriptors to describe teaching functions.

Teaching, TAing, and grading

F***ing pansies. My Dad taught 30+ years while doing research and being a full time farmer. He put himself through school (paid in full by himself) by working a full time job (outside of the academia functions) in addition to those pansy ohhh sooo hard activities such as TAing and OMFG grading while completing undergrad in 3 years. Did his masters the same way in 1.5 yrs and his doctorate work another 1.5 years.


Stop your sniveling and work for a change.

$20,000/annum too f*king bad. Pops was doing that while in school and supporting a pregnant wife back in the 60's.

[Ned]

$20k per year in the '60s was a pretty good wage.