tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35011575.post5929505632008513696..comments2023-06-22T06:00:01.492-07:00Comments on Ricki's rants and rambles: depressedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35011575.post-75536826575590488552010-03-09T10:16:31.196-08:002010-03-09T10:16:31.196-08:00Far extreme libertarians don't want the govern...Far extreme libertarians don't want the government to do ANYTHING and that's just silly. I've talked to some "big el" libertarians who don't think that the military should exist. Other than provoking near-frothing anger in the back of my mind, it just reinforces how stupid extremist philosophies can be.<br /><br />Public education is necessary and if the DoE would focus Cullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11668947039713922916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35011575.post-14092194581621885962010-03-08T20:14:10.791-08:002010-03-08T20:14:10.791-08:00I feel conflicted, too--the only jobs that pay any...I feel conflicted, too--the only jobs that pay anything are in the public schools.Kate Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03555660993363611776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35011575.post-57746313922024018852010-03-08T20:12:08.634-08:002010-03-08T20:12:08.634-08:00I'll second Dave R. and say hang in there, Ric...I'll second Dave R. and say hang in there, Ricki and HH.<br /><br />My dad has been in higher education for 36 years now, as professor, dean, and back to professor. He will probably retire after the next academic year. <br /><br />We've talked a lot about the changes that he has seen at his university and education in general over the last decade. Higher education inflation, like health Dave E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07432598467203071394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35011575.post-15432659832763568742010-03-08T16:20:41.508-08:002010-03-08T16:20:41.508-08:00Hey, you two, please continue doing what you'r...Hey, you two, please continue doing what you're doing. You are too precious to lose because you are among a small minority.<br /><br />Libertarians with their priorities straight ought to be much more alarmed about the very real problem of higher education institutions preaching about free speech while, in fact, practicing collectivist left-wing political indoctrination, than about public Dave R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35011575.post-61148501432682806802010-03-08T12:48:42.129-08:002010-03-08T12:48:42.129-08:00I know precisely what you mean, Ricki. Only I'...I know precisely what you mean, Ricki. Only I'm further in the pale--I teach in an *English Department,* where I am literally one of two non-leftists in the department. And they can't fire the other one because he's black.<br /><br />I've been thinking about taking courses to become a gunsmith. I love teaching, but I'm tired of academia.Heroditus Huxleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com