I'm a college instructor. I get paid for 25 hours a week and work 45. Today (Sunday) I was in my office for three hours grading papers so the students wouldn't complain that they didn't get their work back from me "in a timely manner." College instructors are evaluated every nine weeks by their bosses and by the students, and if one student complains about the assignments being too hard, the teacher not being nice enough, or the decor not being to his or her taste, the instructor gets threatened with the loss of his job. Yeah, this is a dream job. I know what I'd rather do, but I can't draw cute cartoons.
I'm a college instructor. I get paid for 25 hours a week and work 45. Today (Sunday) I was in my office for three hours grading papers so the students wouldn't complain that they didn't get their work back from me "in a timely manner." College instructors are evaluated every nine weeks by their bosses and by the students, and if one student complains about the assignments being too hard, the teacher not being nice enough, or the decor not being to his or her taste, the instructor gets threatened with the loss of his job. Yeah, this is a dream job. I know what I'd rather do, but I can't draw cute cartoons.
I'm with rkmott! I'm at work from 7:30 - 5:30 most days and bring at least an hour's or two more home, and do some on weekends, and still can't keep up. I don't know exactly where the stereotype came from, but I suppose all workplaces have their sandbaggers. :-)
I'm with rkmott! I'm at work from 7:30 - 5:30 most days and bring at least an hour's or two more home, and do some on weekends, and still can't keep up. I don't know exactly where the stereotype came from, but I suppose all workplaces have thier sandbaggers. :-)
I'm with rkmott! I'm at work from 7:30 - 5:30 most days and bring at least an hour's or two more home, and do some on weekends, and still can't keep up. I don't know exactly where the stereotype came from, but I suppose all workplaces have thier sandbaggers. :-)
As a college professor, I appreciate the humor -- and understand the stereotype -- in this strip. But I hasten to add that I work 50-hour to 60-hour weeks during the school year, and I'd bet that 95% of my colleagues would claim the same.
The good ones do work more.
I've had the misfortune of some "professors" that do nothing but teach out of the book on the spot and barely understand the content themselves.