They're not gonna get me, but not for lack of trying.
What's the wager that another study would reveal clear correlations between the prestige of an university and the prevalence of depression?
And does anybody wonder why American STEM academia is increasingly international? Maybe because a lot of domestic students simply aren't willing to reduce themselves to the functional equivalent of "indentured servitude" for however many years an institution can milk them for.
Silicon Valley should thank the universities for its abundance of hard working and ambitious employees. And it's not (primarily) about the pay. Or the hours. It's about not being treated like a child when you're pushing thirty.
~Half of my department is foreign. I'm sorry to say, but cultural divides have led to an increasingly wide gap between the students and faculty. (Edit: It's nobodies fault, you could argue, but I'm frustrated with that mentality.) It's perhaps taboo (via political incorrectness) to suggest such a thing. Convenient for universities.
I've considered compiling a list of transgressions and stenciling a summary on some very high profile wall real estate. edit2: Obviously, I'll never actually do it, but fuck your shit, faculty.
Sure. Without a strong sense of collective cultural identity, the student body becomes more fragmented than it would have been were it entirely domestic, when we would probably fare better if we banded together. Perhaps more importantly, when a large percentage of the student body is only permitted to reside within the country on a student visa, it creates an unwillingness to buck a culture of blind compliance. Nah, I'm always into hearing why I'm wrong, or why I should take a more moderate position. You never have to worry about laying a proper smackdown upon me. I can take it, trust me. I'll be hanging in (t)here though, I'm in too deep to back out, anyway (hence, another problem - by the time one understands the problem, it may be too late to motivate yourself to affect change) While I have your ear, I want to be very clear: I do not hold grudges against the foreign students, many of them are my good friends. But I haven't seen any discussion elsewhere about the unintended effects of this situation, which is especially prudent if my department's demographics are currently ~50/50 foreign/domestic, and trending towards more foreign entrants. This conversation is long overdue, and no one's talking. When they are, it's behind closed doors; I've heard some snippets of those private conversations, and they are not pretty.Could you expand a bit? Feel free to ignore it if that's a touchy subject, I'm only casually curious.
I wanted to write something more supportive but we had those discussions and it doesn't sound like you're in the mood for a dose of platitudes. Hang in there, though.
No, I can't begrudge these folks. They're wonderful human beings, truly. pronounced "Mr. ay backlash plus backslash plus Devac", of course. <3, Devac. Thanks man, and the same to you. :)mr A Devac
I wish you well and the amount of bullshit you can endure only proves your passion.
Lol, it disappeared in the quotation, too. Perfect.