Is that really one of the most common reasons for an “identity theft” charge?
In Dr. Johnson’s famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first.
– the devil’s dictionary
I used to be a little defensive about this kind of thing and somewhat believe the West Wingy idea of real patriotism. Like a real patriot might protest to make the country better. But, nah, patriotism is just bad always.
I think you’re asking about the converse of the claim in the story. Probably no.
#WaPoDeathNotices on Twitter is fairly amusing.
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In common parlance, sure. Undergrads make this mistake a lot. It’s just like how people call anyone behind a desk at a library a librarian. Anyone who works in academia, is a grad student, or otherwise cares (probably not a lot of people) know there is a wide chasm between Lecturer and Professor.
I was in grad school for almost 8 years and I don’t think I ever heard anyone referred to as a lecturer. Perhaps Canada is different.
How long ago was this? The adjunct explosion has changed things recently. (I’ve been a grad student recently in Canada and the US).
I would say “Lecturer” is very broad and not generally used for the main teacher at University and might be used to include people who might be guests or might not have PhDs.
12 years ago.
That is interesting. That trend was just starting when I left. I taught three courses in my final year of my PhD and got paid the following, if I remember correctly,
Introduction to Archaeology, 45 students, I was paid about $3500.
Anthropology and Race, 15 students, I was paid about $2500
Pseudoscience and How We Know Things, 25 students, I was paid about $1500.
Looking back I’d guess I was making less than minimum wage if you broke it down by hours I spent.
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Most schools like it when full profs teach big undergrad classes. At my school famous profs/endowed chairs taught “baby logic” and courses in the “great books” sequence, among other things.
Also, there are “adjunct professors” in professional schools and occasionally in other fields. I took law school electives with 1) highly regarded lawyers in a niche area and 2) the head of the county’s public defenders office. Adjunct can be a pretty broad category. I know a guy who gave $100m to my old school. He made his money doing engineering, and he teaches a yearly class on his specialty. He’s an adjunct professor without a PhD.
Academia is rather status conscious, and no solid university confers titles willy-nilly. Just because Fox news calls someone a professor doesn’t mean anything, but if they have the title of “professor” at a real university, it basically means what it does in AUS (though maybe not quite as much as it means in Germany).
The Laundromat is C-grade Soderbergh, which is still better than most, it’s just that the parts are far greater than the whole. Each vignette is delightful, and yet the credits roll without an equally moving conclusion.
Good & Plenty was never my favorite, but it doesn’t deserve dead last.
This is the first time I’ve ever agreed with an internet list 100%.
edit: Kit-Kat should be down a few notches, but whatever.
Reese’s Stuffed w/ Pieces is overkill.
Who puts Skittles original under a disgusting Crunch bar wtf?
Reese was a God.
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Damn, dude had 16 children. God damn.
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How did he not make it into the candy hall of fame until 2009?
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Reese’s piece’s GOAT candy
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