ah jeez, i shoulda used the scare quotes eh?
I agree of course completely, Joe, that it's not cut off, that it's
about the same as other workplaces, etc. I was being a bit ironic, but
also saying that Chris's post didn't apply to anything I had personally
experienced (although I do agree completely with Andrew that the petty
politics in unis can be as nasty as anywhere [perhaps because the
prizes are so small]).
Doug
On 1-Mar-07, at 7:29 PM, Joseph Duemer wrote:
> You know, the cliche "Ivory Tower" always pisses me off. I suppose
> there aresuch places, but I've been a university teacher for going on
> thirty years &
> I have never inhabited an ivory tower & I don't know many people who
> have.
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