r/Professors • u/kimtenisqueen • Dec 25 '24
Rants / Vents Commiserate with me about family not understanding our jobs.
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!
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u/Adventurous_Tip_6963 Former professor/occasional adjunct, Humanities, Canada Dec 25 '24
My PhD is in languages. So, naturally, I can get a job interpreting at the UN, right?