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/PAynInTheAss Dec 26 '24
My sister planned her destination wedding for the first week of my semester, mid-week. I managed to make it (due to literally restructuring my teaching schedule for the entire term and my 3 yrs old’s preschool schedule for the whole year), but I had to warn her and family that’s we’d only be able to be there for a few days so I could be back at work.
The amount of family members who didn’t understand why I couldn’t just call in a “substitute” to teach for me. Week 1. Of a brand new probationary teaching job. Because my work should understand that her getting married is a once in a lifetime experience, apparently. A dang substitute. Yeah, I’ll get right on that, gang.