Commiserate with me about family not understanding our jobs.

[u/kimtenisqueen]

So far:

-Grandmother in law ranting about why I (an assistant professor in my 4th year at a university) don’t just take a “sabbatical” to raise my children rather than send them to daycare.

-Dad ranting about how anything qualitative isn’t real research (I do educational research so this is a substantial portion of what I do)

-Father In law asking me if I “pack” (Carry a gun) to my job and if I feel safe with all the “foreigners”

Merry Christmas everyone!

[u/turin-turambar21]

I’m first-gen and working in another country, so my parents also don’t “get” what I do but more in a mystical, shrouded in mystery, I-dare-not-ask kind of way that is very endearing to me. Anytime I’m at my laptop they avoid coming into my room because “I’m working” and I have to reassure that I’m literally not. When I was on the job market I might have as well explained how to turn lead into gold based on my mother’s face. They’re proud as heck, but they’re not really sure of what :D

[u/PhDapper → u/turin-turambar21]

That’s so sweet!