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I'm 55 in May. I'm tired. Disillusioned. Working my ASS off and getting nowhere fast. (Original Post) cherokeeprogressive Mar 2016 OP
Please delete Hiraeth Mar 2016 #1
I was talking about the CA primary election which many Hillary sycophants hope never happens. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2016 #2
K Hiraeth Mar 2016 #3
He might be referring to the California primary Art_from_Ark Mar 2016 #4
Yes. See his reply to me. Thanks Hiraeth Mar 2016 #6
If he dropped out tomorrow his name would still be sufrommich Mar 2016 #13
I hear you, my dear cherokeeprogressive... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2016 #5
I hear you. I'm 50 and also exhausted. The fortune 500 company Lorien Mar 2016 #7
I'm by far no expert on this subject CountAllVotes Mar 2016 #8
Likely Lorien is referring to teaching college as a part-time adjunct faculty member. Divernan Mar 2016 #9
Yep. I'm an adjunct. Lorien Mar 2016 #17
Graduate school. Lorien Mar 2016 #16
You will be voting for an intelligent person who cares about America and ladjf Mar 2016 #10
Don't kid yourself SoCalNative Mar 2016 #11
Please oh wise person, may I just kid myself about Senator Sanders's integrity? ladjf Mar 2016 #12
The other day I heard on NPR that, according to a poll, something like 50% Vattel Mar 2016 #14
& the 50% who COULD scrape up $1000? Targets for corporate greed/One Percenters. Divernan Mar 2016 #15
That is precisely why Hillary terrifies me... Social Security and Wall Street. SMC22307 Mar 2016 #20
Weed definitely needs to be taken off the schedules. Know what's strange? cherokeeprogressive Mar 2016 #27
Cool, hope it makes you feel better nt firebrand80 Mar 2016 #18
Cool story bro. nt LexVegas Mar 2016 #19
A little slow on the uptake? Took you a long time to make a statement made each day cherokeeprogressive Mar 2016 #21
Get it all out of your system. Then get behind your nominee in the Fall.nt LexVegas Mar 2016 #22
Yawn. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2016 #23
You are progressing through the stages. You're at bargaining now. nt LexVegas Mar 2016 #24
And you're daft. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2016 #26
I suggest you do it properly on the ballot so it is counted. Nt NCTraveler Mar 2016 #25
If you'd have only worked harder and been more responsible, you would be looking brewens Mar 2016 #28

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
4. He might be referring to the California primary
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 01:39 AM
Mar 2016

If, heaven forbid, Bernie bows out before the California primary, Cherokee, who is in California, will still make his opinion known.

At least, that's my take on it.

Lorien

(31,935 posts)
7. I hear you. I'm 50 and also exhausted. The fortune 500 company
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 02:03 AM
Mar 2016

that I've worked for for 25 years is more profitable than ever, yet they just cut all of their contract talent and will now be working their salaried employees to the bone without a pay increase. This after cutting our pay year after year. I also teach, and I've lost more than half my classes due to low enrollment. It's Bernie or bust for me, in more ways than one.

CountAllVotes

(20,854 posts)
8. I'm by far no expert on this subject
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 02:13 AM
Mar 2016

But gee, why is it that it seems a lot of parents are opting to home school their kids? I personally think that interacting with other kids is a huge part of growing up and yes, you learn this and a lot of other things AT SCHOOL.

I am surprised to hear this I must admit. I thought that there was a shortage of teachers for some reason.

In any event, I hope things get better for you (and everyone else on the planet) real soon!



Divernan

(15,480 posts)
9. Likely Lorien is referring to teaching college as a part-time adjunct faculty member.
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 03:52 AM
Mar 2016

That's a whole other scandal. College/universities pretty much eliminating tenure track positions by relying on part-time, adjunct faculty - no pesky benefits to pay for. Adjunct faculty, also known as part-time or contingent instructors, are increasingly joining unions in an effort to ward off cuts in already low hours, wages and benefits. Adjunct faculty now make up a majority (65.5 %) of the higher education instructors nationwide, in a reversal from just a few decades ago.

http://www.npr.org/2013/09/22/224946206/adjunct-professor-dies-destitute-then-sparks-debate

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/11/adjunct-faculty_n_4255139.html

http://www.adjunctnation.com/2013/10/03/pters-hours-cut-on-over-200-campuses-to-avoid-affordable-healthcare-act/

LOL, You Thought You Could Just Work One Job?
According to the American Association of University Professors, among the more than 30,000 contingent professors with terminal degrees who are currently teaching part time but want a full-time academic position, more than 60 percent report having one or more other jobs.

Some Faculty Get $100,000, Others Get $20,000
Adjuncts typically earn between $20,000 and $25,000 annually, NPR reports. Compare that to the average salary of $84,303 for full-time instructors and professors, according to the American Association of University Professors. If you make it to the level of full tenured professor, you’re looking at a six-figure income.

We’d Really Rather Not Have To Provide You With Health Insurance
A number of schools, mostly public community colleges, have elected to restrict the hours adjunct faculty are allowed to work in order to avoid the Affordable Care Act requirement that would otherwise require them to provide health insurance to their employees. According to Adjunct Nation, more than 200 schools set limits on adjunct working hours.

When You’re An Adjunct, Eating A Whole Sandwich Can Be A Luxury
More depressing quotes the SEIU’s report on Boston part-time instructors:
“I lived off of fried potatoes and onions for the semester. I actually lived better as a grad student than I do now.”“Summer is a lean time — it’s tough on people. My colleagues talk about eating crusts and beans during that time until they finally get paid. It feels exploitive.”

Institutions With Lots Of Adjuncts Do Not Have Lots Of Graduates
Adjuncts usually aren’t provided office space and don’t have as much time to meet with students outside the classroom, as compared with full-time faculty. Adrianna Kezar, head of the University of Southern California’s Delphi Project, concluded that “institutions that have large numbers of adjuncts or students that take lots of classes with adjuncts have lower graduation rates.” A paper from the Center for the Future of Higher Education also notes that contingent faculty have less time to prepare for courses.

Lorien

(31,935 posts)
16. Graduate school.
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 10:51 PM
Mar 2016

Spending 70k on a Master's degree is a risky bet in today's economy, so I don't blame them.

ladjf

(17,320 posts)
10. You will be voting for an intelligent person who cares about America and
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 05:26 AM
Mar 2016

it's citizens. Who, by the way, is not for sale.

ladjf

(17,320 posts)
12. Please oh wise person, may I just kid myself about Senator Sanders's integrity?
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 05:36 AM
Mar 2016

I will admit that Sanders, Carter and perhaps Harry Truman might be among the few that are honest.

 

Vattel

(9,289 posts)
14. The other day I heard on NPR that, according to a poll, something like 50%
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:11 AM
Mar 2016

of Americans say that could not financially handle an unexpected $1,000 expense. There are a lot of Americans who are working their asses off but lack basic financial security. I don't think Clinton really gets just how fucked up our system is. Bernie does.

I have to add that Clinton seems generally not very good at absorbing and processing information. It's like her claim that we need more research before marijuana is legalized. Meanwhile people's lives are being ruined by convictions for marijuana use, and people suffer because they are denied medical marijuana. Bernie, on the other hand, wants marijuana removed from the federal schedules period. Geez, she is so out of touch with reality that she thinks the war to get rid of Qaddafi was "smart power at its best." And in 2003 she was aping GW's talking points about weapons of mass destruction when she had the all of the information she needed to know it was bullshit. Bernie saw what would happen if we invaded Iraq and opposed the invasion.

To be honest, I don't see why anyone would prefer her demonstrated bad judgment over Bernie's demonstrated good judgment.

Divernan

(15,480 posts)
15. & the 50% who COULD scrape up $1000? Targets for corporate greed/One Percenters.
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 08:19 AM
Mar 2016

Probably a bunch of social security recipients - see, you privatize social security and start charging them monthly fees for handling each and every account - you can rip them off for at least a thousand a year easily.

The vampire $quid$ on Wall Street will pursue every damned dollar they can wrap their tentacles around. They're not paying $250,000 per speech out of the goodness of their alleged hearts.


And to decriminalize marijuana? Need for more research? Not when there's a remote chance that every single private prison would not be filled to maximum capacity. Can't hurt the bottom line of the private prison industry.

 

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
27. Weed definitely needs to be taken off the schedules. Know what's strange?
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 11:33 PM
Mar 2016

I don't feel like searching but a huge number of Clinton sycophants completely switched their positions from claiming they thought MJ should be legalized to being able to rationalize why it shouldn't be after Hillary came out against it.

 

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
21. A little slow on the uptake? Took you a long time to make a statement made each day
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 11:01 PM
Mar 2016

about a thousand times...

 

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
23. Yawn.
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 11:11 PM
Mar 2016

Sure.

I'll do whatever you order me to do. You just let me know what's expected of me and I'll dance on your string.

yup yup.

 

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
26. And you're daft.
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 11:19 PM
Mar 2016

Completely daft. That's generous... I don't want a hide over such a lightweight as yourself.

brewens

(13,392 posts)
28. If you'd have only worked harder and been more responsible, you would be looking
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 12:00 AM
Mar 2016

at the light at the end of the tunnel! You would know you had it made as long s no one rocked the boat. You'd have yours and be able to think, screw everyone else! And besides, it's time for a woman in the White House!

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