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http://chronicle.com/article/From-Graduate-School-to/131795/...
ultramarine hairy legs tanning salon
  05/08/12
I find it horrifying that she thinks her work is worth anyth...
Contagious effete plaza regret
  05/08/12
"Highly educated" made me chuckle. I wonder how...
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  05/08/12
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lilac beady-eyed jewess
  05/08/12
lol http://uci.academia.edu/MelissaBruningaMatteau/About ...
Ocher potus
  05/08/12
ty
Frisky Abode Circlehead
  05/08/12
Totally irresponsible broad, "studying" dat shit w...
sapphire library
  06/20/12
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Geriatric Market Halford
  05/08/12
Estimated yearly salary $8k.
excitant theatre
  05/08/12
As part of transitioning to a sensible model of higher educa...
Contagious effete plaza regret
  05/08/12
She is being paid in medieval dollars.
Crystalline stage
  05/08/12
LOL, just LOL at shitprofs teaching shitsubjects at shitcoll...
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Contagious effete plaza regret
  05/08/12
what kind of prole thinks medieval history is a shit subject...
Naked Hell
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alcoholic filthpig corner
  05/08/12
This site has become infested with Santorum-esque conservata...
Olive diverse dilemma
  05/08/12
tmfcq
Indigo queen of the night boltzmann
  06/20/12
No one is paying loans to go to Yavapai College.
titillating pit
  06/20/12
she can probably take accounting classes for free/cheap at h...
maize marvelous base cumskin
  05/08/12
tcr
Lemon Mentally Impaired School Cafeteria
  05/08/12
Not surprising that someone who's spent all her life studyin...
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Indigo queen of the night boltzmann
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Contagious effete plaza regret
  05/08/12
why can't it ever be a science/math STEM PhD in one of these...
Indigo queen of the night boltzmann
  05/08/12
there are people who did humanities phd at top schools and t...
red box office toaster
  05/08/12
by the way, if she could find a teaching job at a community ...
red box office toaster
  05/08/12
$60k with health insurance to teach chill students at CC is ...
lavender kitty chapel
  05/08/12
yes, I mean full-time job at CC. one of my relatives is t...
red box office toaster
  05/08/12
keep talking shit about public ivies breh
Talented parlor
  05/08/12
You mean a tenure-track position? Is anyone, anywhere even ...
Garnet hominid
  05/08/12
why don't people in shit higher ed gun for high school teach...
Lemon Mentally Impaired School Cafeteria
  05/08/12
i know of a phd chemist who did this. kind of sad though.
Naked Hell
  05/08/12
why?
Lemon Mentally Impaired School Cafeteria
  05/08/12
Me too. Guy ended up going off the deep end and cooking meth...
Contagious effete plaza regret
  05/08/12
i think that was a tv show.
Naked Hell
  05/08/12
I know a phd in bio who did that, too.
Olive diverse dilemma
  05/08/12
"We socialize people into accepting the coin of reputat...
Galvanic erotic ape institution
  05/08/12
PRESTIGE BIGLAW (meanwhile a plumber in Oklahoma City ...
dead vibrant goal in life
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Contagious effete plaza regret
  05/08/12
lol neurotypicals *plays with my 401k*
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  05/08/12
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Indigo queen of the night boltzmann
  06/20/12
good question. and they would have the summers off to do res...
maize marvelous base cumskin
  05/08/12
Striver dreams die hard bro. People go into academia to be R...
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  06/20/12
People ITT act like there are no adjunct science or math pro...
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  05/08/12
Good thing they are cutting costs. I assume tuition will co...
Ocher potus
  05/08/12
science/math profs have much better options, so it's easy fo...
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  05/08/12
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  05/08/12
shoulda copped dat stem
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Date: May 8th, 2012 10:43 AM
Author: ultramarine hairy legs tanning salon

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643269)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 10:47 AM
Author: Contagious effete plaza regret

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: Orange supple ticket booth personal credit line

"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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643466)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 11:18 AM
Author: lilac beady-eyed jewess

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: Ocher potus

lol

http://uci.academia.edu/MelissaBruningaMatteau/About

https://plus.google.com/112599551828027848185/about

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643821)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 4:38 PM
Author: Frisky Abode Circlehead

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: sapphire library

Totally irresponsible broad, "studying" dat shit with kids depending on her.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20922144)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 10:44 AM
Author: Geriatric Market Halford



(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: excitant theatre

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: Contagious effete plaza regret

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: Crystalline stage

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: Slimy cruise ship rigpig

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: Contagious effete plaza regret



(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: Naked Hell

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: alcoholic filthpig corner



(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: Olive diverse dilemma

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20645368)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 1:51 PM
Author: Indigo queen of the night boltzmann

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: titillating pit

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: maize marvelous base cumskin

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: Lemon Mentally Impaired School Cafeteria

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: Sickened Principal's Office Codepig

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: Indigo queen of the night boltzmann



(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: Contagious effete plaza regret



(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: Indigo queen of the night boltzmann

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: red box office toaster

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643661)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 12:18 PM
Author: red box office toaster

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: lavender kitty chapel

$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: red box office toaster

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.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20643895)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:23 PM
Author: Talented parlor

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: Garnet hominid

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: Lemon Mentally Impaired School Cafeteria

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644784)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:06 PM
Author: Naked Hell

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: Lemon Mentally Impaired School Cafeteria

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: Contagious effete plaza regret

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: Naked Hell

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: Olive diverse dilemma

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: Galvanic erotic ape institution

"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: dead vibrant goal in life

PRESTIGE

BIGLAW

(meanwhile a plumber in Oklahoma City outearns u)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644957)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 4:11 PM
Author: Contagious effete plaza regret



(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: Lemon Mentally Impaired School Cafeteria

lol neurotypicals

*plays with my 401k*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20645186)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 2:07 PM
Author: Indigo queen of the night boltzmann



(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: maize marvelous base cumskin

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: navy misunderstood roast beef

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: blathering meetinghouse

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20644851)



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Date: May 8th, 2012 3:19 PM
Author: Ocher potus

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: odious ivory indian lodge

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: Multi-colored university

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: Indigo queen of the night boltzmann

shoulda copped dat stem

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1943298&forum_id=2#20645382)