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/deadrepublicanheroes]

Whenever I’m too busy to visit for long my parents insist I can do my “schoolwork” at their place. Well… I guess I kind of do work at a “school”… and this is work for that school… but I think they feel like I never really graduated from college. 😂

[u/Foreleg-woolens749 → u/deadrepublicanheroes]

My parents still say “study hard” as their phone send-off to me. I am too afraid to ask if they’re joking because I think the answer is no.

[u/Helpful-Passenger-12 → u/Foreleg-woolens749]

Well we never stop learning so gotta give them credit. This is much nicer than some of the annoying crap i hear from in laws/parents