Zooze the Horse roams around the pasture near Lamar State College. Zooze thinks about problems in academia. Zhe wants proffies to submit posts (blog posts, not fence posts).
Thursday, July 20, 2023
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Dr. Jekyll & Prof. Hyde discuss pettiness in academia (as mentioned in the NYTimes)
<scene: Interior, faculty lounge at Utterson University>
Dr. Jekyll: I say, Hyde, we are eating our own again. Look at the third letter in this advice column.
Prof. Hyde: Ha! The sub-headline "Middle School Never Really Ends" sets the stage.
Dr. Jekyll: And the statement "It is astonishing how many people deal with petty torments in the workplace. I shouldn’t be surprised given that I work in academia, a bastion of pettiness, but still …" offers a depressing tableau. <sighs>
(Paywall) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/02/business/roxane-gay-work-friend-advice.html