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All democrats should demand resignations.
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You're entitled, you're a dad.
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Billing contact hours of students is the same as when I started 15 years ago with 94 faculty members. Increased the number of administration to track that we know how to do our "job." Been teaching in higher education for 25 years. I think I got this.
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This is the same thing the politicians do across the board. Teacher class size is rationalized the same way. They will talk about tanking numbers of students after doubling class sizes. We rarely downsize administration in the same way. My college has 58 F/T faculty, but when I started, we had 94.
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Dr. Marcus, do you mean: Hypocrisy is the ability to create and enforce unequal standards as a clear demonstration of power. Those in positions of power can act with impunity, while those without power are subject to enforcement.
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Faced even
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This post is transparently propaganda, particularly when you pull Reagan into the mix. Must young people couldn't give a crap about Reagan. The Department of Education was never about dictating curriculum. It was set up to protect young people's educational rights and gather data on effectiveness.
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Find a backbone and channel the rage of most Americans on what is happening. Get shit done loudly and be rude. Schumer is Neville Chamberlain. Resistance leading to a worsening situation is not what we fear. We fear no America for our children and death in a gutter for the rest of us.
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A left-libertarian values personal freedom, social justice, and minimal state control. They support civil rights, decentralization, worker empowerment, free markets with social safety nets, and oppose corporate dominance and authoritarianism. They seek equity through voluntary, non-coercive means.
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Really? I talk about things from five years ago and they act like I'm the primitive human pounding bones at the base of the monolith in 2001, AND they don't even get that reference when I tell them that.
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So I get the monster truck bit, but Nascar? I mean, what's better than heat stroke? I went to one race at MIS, and it took six hours of travel time to cover 20 miles round trip, and i don't mean the race cars. I have friends who love this. But me? Not so much.
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I tracked my work year once religiously. I met the 2080 hrs work year in February. The school year didn't end until May. So, maybe I work too hard, but I doubt I'm the exception.
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I agree, but most people don't understand what faculty actually do, and administrators tend to pander to the less favorable view, which is the one that is picked up by the media. I have been told that I work only fifteen hours a week given the amount of class time and office hours.
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I'm thinking out loud because I'm astounded at the bias that I hear at work from my conservative colleagues. I work at a liberal arts college. It always amuses me when I hear how liberal these faculty are supposed to be. In fact, most are middle-of-the-road politically with a few really loud voices.
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John, you and I are the same age, but I remember everyone looking that way if not physically mentally. It's like 'oblio in the land of the points' or 'free to be you and me'.
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This is basic civics, so how come I know this as your common citizen that has never taken a civics class, but our politicians seem to be flumuxed by very basic notion of governance?
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It isn’t about control; it’s about service. It exists to make sure food is safe, emergency services are available, and justice is fair. When we see government as an enemy instead of a shared responsibility, we lose sight of its purpose: to take care of each other and build a stronger, just society.
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Democracy means we, the people, shape our government. We elect representatives, but ultimately, we hold the power. That means voting, staying informed, and holding leaders accountable. When we ignore this duty, we weaken the very system that protects our rights and ensures fairness in society.
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What can I say? With 300 characters, I get creative..., or stupid.
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I'm not saying the 'Democrats don't have a hand in this'. I find that if you post an observation about a party, we, the readers, use our confirmation bias to read what we want in any statement. I grew up in the Intermountain West. It used to be very left leaning libertarian. Now, not so much. See?
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Scientific publishing is broken because funding rewards prestige, not science. Admins define 'impact,' creating a paywalled hierarchy where journals profit, scientists work for free, and editors resign in protest. When prestige equals funding, science becomes politics.
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Download link to Arrhenius's paper about global climate change 1896
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By the way, I'm a professor and work at a school of higher learning. I'm not sure about the irony there.
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Honestly, I want a refund. Or at least some DLC that patches democracy back in.
And wouldn't it be hilarious if the Republicans got recalled? Like, "Sorry, folks, this batch was defective. Please return them to the manufacturer for a full refund, store credit only." But in real life. Bastards.
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Boring.
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Unfortunately, you are wrong.
www.the-scientist.com/this-fungus-...
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The same could be said about teaching, which is what many in America think when they talk about teaching. I went to school therefore I can teach. It's like the stupid person's version of 'Cogito, ergo sum'.
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I think you mean there are two biological sexes...