Re: teaching loads and quality

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

Dewey-
        Exactly!  So not all institutions are like Clement and Hefner's.
So Clement's generalities, which did not distinguish, were far too broad.
                                Regards,
                                                Jack

On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Dewey Dykstra, Jr. wrote:

> > Hi all-
> >         John's posting is so full of broad generalities that it leaves me
> > aching to hear all the exceptions that I know are out there.  We get many
> > visitors at Argonne who seem happy and satisfied in their physics teaching
> > jobs.  Some of the institutions are U. of Chicago, Iowa State, Penn State,
> > and U. of Florida.  Are there others?
> >                                         Regards,
> >                                                 Jack
>
> Jack:
> I sincerely doubt that any of those "happy" with their jobs at the
> institutions you mention have contact times of 18 - 21 hours.  My
> experience is that their contact times are more like 6 or 7 and for
> much more pay than Clement or Heafner receive.  Clement actually
> teaches at a private HS, I believe, but many of us out there have
> positions with loads like Heafner at a college or university but
> loads like HS.
>
> Dewey

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