tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post2778153435758413310..comments2023-10-19T07:54:32.841-04:00Comments on Quod She: A Ph.D. in the humanities? - A kinder, gentler xtranormal videoDr. Viragohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-47539431895433800682010-12-13T21:57:55.507-05:002010-12-13T21:57:55.507-05:00I must prefer the first one. Much more realistic....I must prefer the first one. Much more realistic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-43750698186322667332010-12-02T14:14:41.610-05:002010-12-02T14:14:41.610-05:00To Anonymous 11/14/2010 12:11pm
I, too am a brand...To Anonymous 11/14/2010 12:11pm<br /><br />I, too am a brand new MA student. I am studying anthropology--a field increasingly melting into the humanities. I believe that the heartache you felt from watching this is a result of its truth. It is impossibly difficult, but it is over and against the insane banality of our materialist society that we feel driven towards our disciplines. <br /><br />My brother, as it happens, is in law school right now. I tell him a different version of the same thing. He wants to study educational law because he wants to be a force of reform and humanization in our increasingly mechanical public school system. It is the very same crushing inhumanity that we are forced to deal with in the university and the job market that is the enemy of our work and our words. Sadly, in order to be the sort of subject-in-the-world which we would like to be, we must subject ourselves to the very machinery we hope in our hearts to undo.<br /><br />Thank you so much for posting this video. It is fresh air that I badly needed--and I'm only starting! I know it gets harder, but I am constantly reminded of the passion that drives me. I take shelter in the work itself.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09998055882474271020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-62388725463052255162010-11-17T23:11:27.374-05:002010-11-17T23:11:27.374-05:00I'm a current MA student, and I actually found...I'm a current MA student, and I actually found this substantially more depressing than the other snarky version of this. I am working extremely hard, hoping to earn/win the "golden ticket" (a la Willy Wonka) as it were. <br /><br />Watching this served as a reminder of how deeply I want to go on to a Ph.D. program with funding, job prospects at the end, et cetera. I've already done the corporate route -- ten years worth -- and I want this so bad that it hurts sometimes, even when I'm slogging through piles of undergraduate papers. Seeing this video just caused me to experience one of those moments of visceral heartache...!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-37011659480602763062010-11-14T12:11:59.098-05:002010-11-14T12:11:59.098-05:00Thanks for the link! So lovely and positive in com...Thanks for the link! So lovely and positive in comparison to the earlier one which made me a bit angry and depressed all at the same time. Glad to see something positive done with it (whereas I just ranted to anyone who would listen!)Mistress Medievalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13105864445756934981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-62757236528224278632010-11-14T11:21:17.920-05:002010-11-14T11:21:17.920-05:00Much love for this (and I am SO glad to see the ea...Much love for this (and I am SO glad to see the earlier version called on its geographical snobbery).Fretful Porpentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165078003123517013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-78426123180126102422010-11-14T09:51:57.118-05:002010-11-14T09:51:57.118-05:00Anon at 7pm - did you mean to leave that comment a...Anon at 7pm - did you mean to leave that comment at another blog? It doesn't make sense here.<br /><br />Neurtoic Workaholic - Heh. Well, yeah. Though my students interested in grad school are just as earnest and revved up, if not as prepared.Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-33198578945361484712010-11-13T23:21:27.043-05:002010-11-13T23:21:27.043-05:00I wish more students were like the one in this ver...I wish more students were like the one in this version.Neurotic Workaholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775298184138766683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-87197035221171705622010-11-13T21:16:46.824-05:002010-11-13T21:16:46.824-05:00Thanks, Dr. V -- glad to see this version.Thanks, Dr. V -- glad to see this version.What Now?https://www.blogger.com/profile/04017629066466055668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-47618451919052111082010-11-13T19:34:39.144-05:002010-11-13T19:34:39.144-05:00I agree 100% with comrade PhysioProf. But then, I...I agree 100% with comrade PhysioProf. But then, I'm also not in the humanities. And I value expensive cheese.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-59153654522855281412010-11-13T19:00:52.531-05:002010-11-13T19:00:52.531-05:00God, I needed that. After reading a stack of stud...God, I needed that. After reading a stack of student papers, most of them arguing that college is a waste of time and money and they'd wish they'd just be given their degree, I was feeling bitter and grumpy. But this reminded me of why I got into this gig in the first place. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-25641358374101520942010-11-13T18:05:42.259-05:002010-11-13T18:05:42.259-05:00I love the verb 'gank'I love the verb 'gank'medievalkarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440542200843836794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-70326275261312458482010-11-13T16:40:52.445-05:002010-11-13T16:40:52.445-05:00Sloppy writing on my part, Meg. I'll fix it.Sloppy writing on my part, Meg. I'll fix it.Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-42391142940894819002010-11-13T16:35:49.178-05:002010-11-13T16:35:49.178-05:00For the record (because I know you know this, Dr. ...For the record (because I know you know this, Dr. V.), I didn't dislike the earlier cynical version but the whole *genre* of experience-derides-naivete.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-34822336889011129792010-11-13T15:50:22.145-05:002010-11-13T15:50:22.145-05:00I just ganked this from Karl, too. It made me a l...I just ganked this from Karl, too. It made me a little ashamed at my nodding along with the earlier videos. In other words: a good wake-up call for yours truly.Notorious Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.com