Re: MentorNet (one woman's response)

[Joe Heafner <heafnerj@VNET.NET>]

> Bernard wrote in part:
>
> . . .    Since Universities are more or less managed by the
> > faculty, they (you) are
> > unaware of the demeaning nature of working for corporations.
Okay, I work in a community college, which is a far cry from any university, but if I have a say-so in how things run around here then why am I "teaching" a 22 contact hour load? Why do I have 3 and 4 hour blocks of time in the classroom with no break? Why does my supervisor (the only other physics person here) tell me I'm not "legally entitled" to any breaks during the day? Why does our chem prof have 7 contiguous hours in the classroom on some days of the week with no break? Gee....doesn't sound like faculty have much say at all around here.


Cheers,
Joe Heafner - Instructional Astronomy and Physics
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