That is an excellent point. I wonder if my dad (who was a prof) would have been able to have the same flexibility today as he did in the '90s. Probably not!
That is an excellent point. I wonder if my dad (who was a prof) would have been able to have the same flexibility today as he did in the '90s. Probably not!
I also had lots of colleagues who didn’t earn enough in the year to support their families so they found themselves taking on extra classes and other work during breaks so the “perks” of an academic year were basically non existent…. Again, not sure how often that happened in the 90s or earlier…
Yes, the work definitely doesn't stop over the academic breaks, sigh, even if you don't take on extra classes (but so many professors do!). So often someone says to us, re: my husband, "But he has the summers off, right? That must be so nice." I'm grateful that we definitely do have a lot more flexibility in the summer -- that really is nice -- but of course he still has a lot of work to do!
That is an excellent point. I wonder if my dad (who was a prof) would have been able to have the same flexibility today as he did in the '90s. Probably not!
I also had lots of colleagues who didn’t earn enough in the year to support their families so they found themselves taking on extra classes and other work during breaks so the “perks” of an academic year were basically non existent…. Again, not sure how often that happened in the 90s or earlier…
Yes, the work definitely doesn't stop over the academic breaks, sigh, even if you don't take on extra classes (but so many professors do!). So often someone says to us, re: my husband, "But he has the summers off, right? That must be so nice." I'm grateful that we definitely do have a lot more flexibility in the summer -- that really is nice -- but of course he still has a lot of work to do!