tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post263911230509974945..comments2023-07-17T05:07:53.982-07:00Comments on clashing hats: Creepy colonization and irrational jealousyHilairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033740943173352249noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-62776427895352243342007-03-27T12:17:00.000-07:002007-03-27T12:17:00.000-07:00Basically we all just like *you* better! Who woul...Basically we all just like *you* better! Who would ever hire a "zmtwad" for t-t?? ;)medieval womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278854285443306227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-30427448748068810422007-03-26T14:36:00.000-07:002007-03-26T14:36:00.000-07:00They all said what I was going to say. But know t...They all said what I was going to say. But know that I am fully creeped out (and very annoyed) on your behalf. What an icky person.<BR/><BR/>(My word veri is "zmtwad." That about describes her, don't you think?)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03047700345491098393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-6096579415078899892007-03-26T12:15:00.000-07:002007-03-26T12:15:00.000-07:00Thanks, y'all. You're right...i just don't think I...Thanks, y'all. You're right...i just don't think I realized the extent to which having a TT job would make a difference in trying to come back. MW, you're right, you told me, but I think I was so freaked by the whole thing I couldn't absorb it!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, it's interested to ponder whether she is, in fact, fucking with me. Or whether she is just so entirely clueless about it. Hmm. Go away, JZ.Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033740943173352249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-57367325424334909062007-03-26T10:08:00.000-07:002007-03-26T10:08:00.000-07:00I think JZ sounds like a petty and unpleasant pers...I think JZ sounds like a petty and unpleasant person. Surely she has some postive qualities as well, or you wouldn't have been involved with her, but at this point it seems like her attitude towards you is tinged with personal/emotional bitterness that she is re-directing in a professional direction. She knows that, since you are the "real" academic (according to your earlier post), that this is a good way to hurt you. And make no mistake: she is trying to hurt you. <BR/><BR/>As for the job situation: I'm sure you've done this already, but I'd make sure that your colleagues at Dream Uni know that you are very interested in the possible future TT position. Then keep in touch after you leave. And yes, your stock is on the rise, above JZ's, simply because you have a TT elsewhere.squadratomagicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977502780584567298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-68958535324231589482007-03-26T08:54:00.000-07:002007-03-26T08:54:00.000-07:00"Sessionals just don't get any respect." Sad, but ..."Sessionals just don't get any respect." Sad, but somewhat true. I'll confirm everything everyone else said about being better placed etc.<BR/><BR/>Now, on to JZ and her behaviour. Sending an email entitled "Ha" about a job she knows you love...well she's fucking with you and not in a nice way. If I were you I'd cut contact with her, you don't need that kind of crap in your life. Her overconfidence is going to trip her up someday, but even the lovely schadenfreude of watching her fall shouldn't tempt you into keeping any real contact with her. From where I'm sitting she sounds like poison, and who need that?grumpyABDadjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00996252815514179671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-9507058349942504872007-03-25T21:05:00.000-07:002007-03-25T21:05:00.000-07:00I was going to say the same thing as everyone here...I was going to say the same thing as everyone here has. It's really, really creepy and weird. However, if a TT job opens up at Dream Uni, you would be in a much better position than crazy Ex. Already having a TT job confers on you tons of credibility that no amount of mere charm could live up to. In fact, the fact that she'd be a CLT would put her at a disadvantage (and you too were you to stay instead of having taken the TT job). Sessionals do not get taken seriously. No matter how nice your chair might be to your face, when it comes down to hiring, the grass is always greener on the other side. Once one gets labelled a sessional, that's all the TT people will ever see, and sessionals are only ever there to do the dirty work that nobody else wants to do or that the Uni doesn't want to pay somoene a decent wage to do. Having one's feet under the table, even if one is qualified, basically disqualifies you. Believe me, I saw it happen at my uni, an extremely well-qualified person, spouse of a current TT prof, got the job talk but not the job, despite having more publications, in part because she had sessionaled for my uni for years. The fact that she was good enough to do the low-paying work (and win a teaching award from the undergrads for doing it so well and being so nice!) basically disqualified her as a "serious" researcher. Instead we hired some wet-behind the ears ABD with barely any pubs but who was (literally) exotic. It was shameful and caused bitterness, but that's the way it is. Sessionals just don't get any respect.Pantagruellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16276888537167616031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-61568011157186876612007-03-25T18:09:00.000-07:002007-03-25T18:09:00.000-07:00I'm with MW and Flavia: If you and JZ both apply f...I'm with MW and Flavia: If you and JZ both apply for a tenure-track position, you have a real advantage. Think about the program development you're going to do at your new school (isn't part of your job developing a new department?). And think about the publications you'll get in the next couple of years. And remember that YOU have charmed them all at Dream Uni! So that's not an advantage she has over you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-10905687620796940962007-03-25T14:56:00.000-07:002007-03-25T14:56:00.000-07:00I was going to say exactly what MW did--both that ...I was going to say exactly what MW did--both that this is definitely creepy, but also that, if JZ *should* get this job, and if a TT position *should* open up soon at Dream Uni (and those are both big "if"s!), you'll still be a better candidate: like JZ, you'll have already worked there and gotten to know the people and the culture, but you'll ALSO have some tenure-track experience under your belt. <BR/><BR/>And that's huge: not only is there so much that's different about being a "real" faculty member than a contract one, but hiring committees definitely *perceive* you differently--someone else has already vetted you and hired you.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry she's still dogging your steps, though--but look on the bright side: at least she didn't wind up getting a better (or any!) job than you, as you'd at first feared she might.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-65317852293413348612007-03-25T14:03:00.000-07:002007-03-25T14:03:00.000-07:00It's absolutely creepy! But I told you this - I s...It's absolutely creepy! But I told you this - I still think it's her weird obsession with her trying to live your life, but one or two steps behind you. She's like a shadow...<BR/><BR/>But I still think you'll be MUCH better positioned than an LD person for the job when it comes up...<BR/><BR/>Had such fun this weekend!medieval womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278854285443306227noreply@blogger.com