tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20014638.post8741884290366787581..comments2023-04-13T02:28:50.870-07:00Comments on Post-PhD Shades of Blue <br>(and other colors too): A day like todayArticulateDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08407769773596623808noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20014638.post-8284860141493764622007-01-29T18:07:00.000-08:002007-01-29T18:07:00.000-08:00These questions sound so familiar! I could have wr...These questions sound so familiar! I could have written them myself, or, to be more precise,I actually have, in a different context, months ago. <br /><br />This: "we must publish to gain tenure. Ah... but there is the rub. I can't get tenure without a job." is constantly in my mind. Researching, publishing without being "in" -- what good will it really do, since the audience is so restricted? Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902911922952429223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20014638.post-53428207978217492432007-01-25T19:19:00.000-08:002007-01-25T19:19:00.000-08:00As someone who is religious, let me say that I hav...As someone who <i>is</i> religious, let me say that I have similar questions.<br /><br />In fact, this question of leaving the world a better place than I found it has been one of my questions about my academic career. Honestly, I think that my teaching leaves the world a better place, but I just don't think my research does. And that isn't an anti-intellectual stance at all. It's just that my What Now?https://www.blogger.com/profile/04017629066466055668noreply@blogger.com