college teaching

• dodong nemenzo onced jokingly remarked that college teachers are stupid people who still chose to stay in the university even after graduation.
• i agree with ivan that as a student assistant (just like being a college teacher), one earns little while getting more. very true!
• studying (also teaching) social sciences allows you to be a part of and apart from your subject of study.
• social scientists in general express a simple idea in 20 pages (or 3 sessions) when it could have been conveniently said in 5 sentences (or 2 minutes) only.
• intellectual prostitution is rampant among college teachers.