When you don’t fit in


When You Don’t Fit In

This article in The Chronicle of Higher Education caught my eye today. Although the details are somewhat different, the reality is the same. Michele and I definitely do not fit in here in rural, east central Indiana. I wonder sometimes if we ever will. Or if I even want to fit in here. Like the author of the article, I am up for tenure next year. I’m not at all a fan of tenure. It’s not that I mind the requirements. I’ve been there, done that, not because I had to, but because I wanted to. I’ve published, presented, become deeply involved in professional organizations, taught a graduate level LIS course (and will do that again in a few months). I’ve done more, professionally, than many people I know who have tenure. The only piece I am missing at this point is another advanced degree, and again, I am planning to pursue that anyway because I want to, not just because it’s a tenure requirement.

I have seen tenure (or its equivalent) abused too often, in all of the places I’ve worked, to think highly of it.

To quote from the article:

If it doesn’t feel like home by now, when will it?

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