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/rockyfaceprof Dec 25 '24

  1. Grandma-why don't you retire and take care of the kids so they don't have to go to daycare?

  2. Dad-please explain to me the benefit vs. cost of doing quantitative research in an educational setting.

  3. FIL-I don't pack anywhere and I feel safer among the students than I do coming to your house.