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Date: May 8th, 2012 10:43 AM Author: Embarrassed To The Bone Electric Trailer Park http://chronicle.com/article/From-Graduate-School-to/131795/
"I am not a welfare queen," says Melissa Bruninga-Matteau.
That's how she feels compelled to start a conversation about how she, a white woman with a Ph.D. in medieval history and an adjunct professor, came to rely on food stamps and Medicaid. Ms. Bruninga-Matteau, a 43-year-old single mother who teaches two humanities courses at Yavapai College, in Prescott, Ariz., says the stereotype of the people receiving such aid does not reflect reality. Recipients include growing numbers of people like her, the highly educated, whose advanced degrees have not insulated them from financial hardship.
"I find it horrifying that someone who stands in front of college classes and teaches is on welfare," she says. |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 10:47 AM Author: Hot Chest-beating Therapy Toilet Seat I find it horrifying that she thinks her work is worth anything at all. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643293) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 11:14 AM Author: wild frisky institution "Highly educated" made me chuckle.
I wonder how long one might slum it on loan money + $10-20k salary for the opportunity to scratch some weird medieval fetish in front of a roomful of bored undergrads.
And I get a kick out of "welfare queen" coming from someone who probably participates in Renaissance festivals. |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 11:18 AM Author: Big emerald elastic band 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643493) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 12:14 PM Author: Cream low-t parlour lol
http://uci.academia.edu/MelissaBruningaMatteau/About
https://plus.google.com/112599551828027848185/about |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 4:38 PM Author: marvelous piazza ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20645293) |
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Date: June 20th, 2012 3:24 PM Author: bonkers stead Totally irresponsible broad, "studying" dat shit with kids depending on her. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20922144) |
Date: May 8th, 2012 10:44 AM Author: geriatric hell voyeur (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643276) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 10:45 AM Author: Motley khaki church building hominid Estimated yearly salary $8k. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643285) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 10:46 AM Author: Hot Chest-beating Therapy Toilet Seat As part of transitioning to a sensible model of higher education, probably 60-70% of professors need to basically lose their jobs and retool themselves. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643288) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 10:47 AM Author: Dull hospital She is being paid in medieval dollars. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643294) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 11:25 AM Author: Maize Mentally Impaired Sanctuary Electric Furnace LOL, just LOL at shitprofs teaching shitsubjects at shitcolleges complaining about their shitpay, when said colleges already charge tuition well in excess of the (non-existant) value they provide, and would promptly go out of business if not for federally subsidized loans (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643527) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 12:11 PM Author: Hot Chest-beating Therapy Toilet Seat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643801) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 2:54 PM Author: tripping exhilarant sandwich what kind of prole thinks medieval history is a shit subject? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644720) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:31 PM Author: hairraiser tantric shitlib chapel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644934) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 4:47 PM Author: Anal kitty This site has become infested with Santorum-esque conservatards with absolutely no culture and with prole aspirations of pharmacy jobs.
Disclosure: I have one of those STEM degrees from an elite college that XOXO jerks off so hard to. |
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Date: June 20th, 2012 1:51 PM Author: Glittery Corn Cake tmfcq (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20921713) |
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Date: June 20th, 2012 2:50 PM Author: Aquamarine genital piercing site No one is paying loans to go to Yavapai College. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20921970) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 11:27 AM Author: fighting fluffy sound barrier boistinker she can probably take accounting classes for free/cheap at her school, which would let her sit for the CPA. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643536) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:02 PM Author: drab pozpig garrison tcr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644771) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 11:38 AM Author: charismatic state depressive Not surprising that someone who's spent all her life studying feudalism can't grasp how salaries are determined in capitalist systems. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643581) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 11:39 AM Author: Glittery Corn Cake (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643590) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 12:11 PM Author: Hot Chest-beating Therapy Toilet Seat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643800) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 11:39 AM Author: Glittery Corn Cake why can't it ever be a science/math STEM PhD in one of these stories. they always have to ridicule the professor of "medieval studies." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643589) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 11:50 AM Author: Seedy ticket booth there are people who did humanities phd at top schools and then did cpa or jd to become 'real' proefssionals, while teaching a class or two for pure interest. however, these are genuinely bright and versatile people.
there are people with mediocre intellect who can't switch fields. they are not that bright in their own fields anyway. |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 12:18 PM Author: Seedy ticket booth by the way, if she could find a teaching job at a community college, she'll have a cool, credited life. does not have to be a professor at a research university, for which she is not that eligible anyway. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643852) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 12:21 PM Author: deranged round eye $60k with health insurance to teach chill students at CC is living the good life. $8k as a part-time teacher for online classes is not a career. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643875) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 12:23 PM Author: Seedy ticket booth yes, I mean full-time job at CC.
one of my relatives is teaching at CC even with a phd and he says a professor at a Research university earns more or less ... but with far more prestige.
actually, community college jobs would not be THAT difficult to find if her credentials have been better.
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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:23 PM Author: salmon personal credit line box office keep talking shit about public ivies breh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644899) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:04 PM Author: Aromatic Public Bath Codepig You mean a tenure-track position? Is anyone, anywhere even hiring for that type of thing anymore? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644777) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:04 PM Author: drab pozpig garrison why don't people in shit higher ed gun for high school teaching jobs? those pay much better with better benefits and it's not like they couldn't teach at a local shit community college at night.
some high schools would dig getting a phd on staff and would probably eventually let them teach AP classes or other specialized stuff for the AP kids. i had a teacher like that in HS. |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:06 PM Author: tripping exhilarant sandwich i know of a phd chemist who did this. kind of sad though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644791) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:09 PM Author: drab pozpig garrison why? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644814) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:11 PM Author: Hot Chest-beating Therapy Toilet Seat Me too. Guy ended up going off the deep end and cooking meth. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644824) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:14 PM Author: tripping exhilarant sandwich i think that was a tv show. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644843) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 4:48 PM Author: Anal kitty I know a phd in bio who did that, too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20645373) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:34 PM Author: Dark Lascivious Locale Azn "We socialize people into accepting the coin of reputation as status capital. Some people are so deeply socialized into the regime of payment by way of status that they are essentially trapped in it for life." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644943) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:36 PM Author: Amethyst Stag Film PRESTIGE
BIGLAW
(meanwhile a plumber in Oklahoma City outearns u) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 4:11 PM Author: Hot Chest-beating Therapy Toilet Seat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20645149) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 4:19 PM Author: drab pozpig garrison lol neurotypicals
*plays with my 401k* |
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Date: June 20th, 2012 2:07 PM Author: Glittery Corn Cake (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20921791) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 4:17 PM Author: fighting fluffy sound barrier boistinker good question. and they would have the summers off to do research/publish/maybe teach an adjunct CC class. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20645174) |
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Date: June 20th, 2012 2:01 PM Author: appetizing kitchen Striver dreams die hard bro. People go into academia to be Richard Feynman or Harold Bloom, not to be supervised by some guy with a 3.3 in Education from Directional State U. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20921759) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:16 PM Author: blue legend candlestick maker People ITT act like there are no adjunct science or math profs.
I had a math prof who was basically begging students to write him good reviews at the end of the year because needed that extension to keep his 20K income going for his two classes he taught.
I guess its becoming less of a problem though because universities are just dumping these guys for TA's. |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:19 PM Author: Cream low-t parlour Good thing they are cutting costs. I assume tuition will come down shortly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644865) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:28 PM Author: Self-centered national science/math profs have much better options, so it's easy for them to leave their shit ttteaching jobs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644921) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 4:49 PM Author: very tactful orchestra pit I hate to say it, but society should not punish people so severely for taking risks. This person could have ended up teaching in her field at a highly rated university, but didn't make it. So her only option is to teach as an adjunct at a cc for a few thousand? That's pretty severe. Obviously, once you realize the game, you have to retool yourself into a skillset that works for the economy. But I applaud her for going for the $80K/yr tenured job, even if she failed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20645377) |
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Date: May 8th, 2012 4:51 PM Author: Glittery Corn Cake shoulda copped dat stem (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20645382) |