tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601340120062330500.post152957138890329205..comments2024-03-14T22:58:08.579-07:00Comments on Tales of a Fourth-Tier Nothing: Keeping Up with the JonesesChief Constable for the Areahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08824938329626712343noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601340120062330500.post-39120393945216239492010-09-30T06:00:35.991-07:002010-09-30T06:00:35.991-07:00This is further proof that those who cannot do, te...This is further proof that those who cannot do, teach. Why aren't economics and business "professors" applying their skills and insight to go into business for themselves and make some serious money?!?!<br /><br />My Crim Law and Crim Pro teacher was a Harvard law grad. He spent a few years as a prosecutor, and has been in academia for 25 years. He would OFTEN ask those students in the crim defense clinic for their insight into Iowa law. It was pathetic! Evidence "professor" was also a dolt, but at least he had his firm (stupid) opinions.Nandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06423524039657355134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601340120062330500.post-3158553400492587522010-09-27T07:19:31.308-07:002010-09-27T07:19:31.308-07:00Truth is, few people actually want to have to work...Truth is, few people actually want to have to work for a living. This arises because we pay people who work very hard physically very little, while the more white collar positions get paid big bucks to manage relationships. In some respects it would be nice to sit back and just have the checks roll in while chatting with clients, securing "business deals" and playing golf. Who wants to scrub toilets for minimum wage?<br /><br />Academia is just part of the same movement. Why prove your worth in the marketplace when you can just hang back, write a paper or two, and baffle people with bulls**t while making bucks? Again, it beats being the housekeeper.<br /><br />However, while we can debate who works "harder" than who (I vote for the manual laborers), I think the curtain is being pulled back on the academic world and it has been a long time coming. It's no longer a baseline assumption that (professor) = (value added). There are some to be sure, but there is clearly a lot of deadwood.dupednontraditionalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04170022654810216357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601340120062330500.post-2411890162393223032010-09-26T13:10:56.447-07:002010-09-26T13:10:56.447-07:00You overestimate the competence of the average med...You overestimate the competence of the average medical school professor. They have a racket similar to law school professors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com