I didn't mean that in a hostile way. I thought it was a common experience that a lot of academic work was unrelated to what one did day in and day out.
I had a roommate who was an elementary school teacher, and as you may know you have to jump through many hoops to get schools to like you. It seemed like half his time was spent catching up with trendy pedagogical theories to please school officials. That was his assessment, by the way.
And I used to think I was going into sound design, and our professors made us learn how to splice audiotape (circa 1995). Even though *everyone* agreed these machines were soon to be museum pieces.
But you have a point, my question did place things in too stark and utilitarian terms, so I apologize.
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Date: 2007-02-05 07:53 pm (UTC)I had a roommate who was an elementary school teacher, and as you may know you have to jump through many hoops to get schools to like you. It seemed like half his time was spent catching up with trendy pedagogical theories to please school officials. That was his assessment, by the way.
And I used to think I was going into sound design, and our professors made us learn how to splice audiotape (circa 1995). Even though *everyone* agreed these machines were soon to be museum pieces.
But you have a point, my question did place things in too stark and utilitarian terms, so I apologize.