Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT:Photo grad school.
From: John Collier <jbcollier@powersurfr.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:28:39 -0700

Another factor is that it is pretty hard, at least in my neck of the woods,
not to bean a couple of humanities PhD graduates with any randomly thrown
brick. No offence but they are rather thick on the ground. Surprised there
has not been some sort of mandatory cull yet. For their own good mind you
not that anyone might actually enjoy shooting liberals. You know this sort
of thing would have the NRA running naked in the street shouting for joy.
:-) :-)

John Collier, who:

- - has used a variety of guns but does not, nor desires to, own any.
- - always wanted to do a BA but had a first wife instead.
- - knows that having an arts degree does not make you a liberal.
- - wishes he did not send this message in the first place!

> From: Guy Bennett <gbennett@lainet.com>
>
> It definitely does. And your case is a great example of how the "real
> world" can and should exist within the rarified world of the academy. From
> my experience, however, this is rather exceptional. I've been teaching the
> humanities - languages and literature - at the university level for about
> 14 years now (first at UCLA and various community colleges in the L.A. area
> and, for the last 2-3 years, at Otis College of Art and Design) and have
> never seen anyone with less than a PhD given a teaching appointment in that
> field. Even in community colleges, a full-time teacher in the humanities
> with only a MA is becoming something of an anachronism.
>

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