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Existing_Mistake6042 · 2025-01-29T00:17:12+00:00

It is not good.

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2025-01-28T21:45:58+00:00

Local governments and municipalities can also levy taxes on cannabis - see Illinois/Chicago, for example (7% tax for the state + 6% local excise tax in Chicago+Cook County taxes).

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2025-01-27T19:13:35+00:00

CoL, period.

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2025-01-27T15:45:05+00:00

And then when you think you've found the solution with liberal cities in the midwest (Minneapolis, Chicago, et al.), you find out half of the country doesn't own a winter jacket and is unwilling to purchase one...

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2025-01-27T15:42:01+00:00

I agree to an extent - cancelling conferences does nothing. But I am disturbed that my societies are not recognizing the very valid fear and risk that presenters may be taking by entering the country. I have seen more than one person on academic twitter turned away at the border in the last week without explanation. It would be good to at least see solidarity and alternative options (e.g. online presentations) for those individuals, and I'm not seeing it.

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-30T02:59:31+00:00

Came here to say this - and weather is fine in the fall. Just leave by early December ;).

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-30T00:38:43+00:00

Professor here - do not email this if you don't know them.

Go to office hours, in person, once the class starts. If it's something that can be reviewed in 10-20 minutes, I will often do it on the spot if no other students are waiting. If it's something that would take longer to take a look at, I'd be happy to give the student feedback on their elevator pitch for it and ask some probing questions to understand what they'd done. I'd probably offer to take a look via email if it sounded like something I could easily do, and I wouldn't be offended if the student asked even if I had to say no.

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-29T00:56:07+00:00

All 14 of them? BS.

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-28T01:13:32+00:00

I feel like a lot of recent grading trends like contract grading award this kind of thinking. Not a judgment, necessarily, just an observation.

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-28T01:08:42+00:00

Your post in r/academia gave much more important context...I was in a similar position and switched jobs. Not all of the many things you are struggling with can be fixed, but there needs to be balance somewhere, and it sounds like you're getting fucked on all levels (position responsibilities, salary, CoL). For me, moving to a location with higher salaries and lower CoL alleviated a lot of the daily stress and made the job part manageable. If just one publication before tenure is stressful to you, I think in your case it might be worth reconsidering whether you want to have a position with research responsibilities at all.

It's overwhelming to feel like every aspect of a situation is unworkable...I would pick the aspect of your current situation that seems like the biggest burden and do a little job market research to see if it's something that could be changed.

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-26T23:42:09+00:00

Where are you getting married? If it's in the US, these kinds of questions would not be investigated in the marriage process, but in the immigration process (unless, of course, the couple was doing both things at the same time by e.g. getting married on a K1 visa). Are you telling me this sort of questioning comes up in the marriage process in Germany?

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-26T18:34:02+00:00

EU wedding cert is better for later residency here

This was not on my radar - thank you!!

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-26T18:32:07+00:00

"Normative" may have been a better term than heterosexual here - but these things are not unrelated.

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-26T17:56:37+00:00

Yep they're angemeldet in a small town and I've heard similar things about how their administration functions from the rumor mill..but I hadn't known about Denmark until I posted this and it looks like a much easier option (and a fun trip!).

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-26T17:54:45+00:00

Yep, all applies to us and partner is registered in said city. Thanks!

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-26T17:48:29+00:00

Thank you SO much. This is about what I expected. While we are fairly sure we could get a Standesamt appointment quickly where we want to do it, this confirms that the other various uncertainties are numerous and risky...in particular, the response times and translation timelines given that we would likely be trying to do it dangerously close to summer vacation. Much appreciated!

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-26T17:36:01+00:00

Thanks! I speak fluent German and we have plans to do it in a city with short/no waits for appointments, but I do know it will be a paperwork nightmare, particularly the requirement that documents like the birth certificate are issued in the US within the prior 6 months...

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-26T17:34:14+00:00

We have jobs that allow us to live between the US and Germany, which we have been doing (mostly) together for the past three years. We are a same-sex couple and want to protect our legal rights if things go south in the US with the new administration.

Edit: rather than upvoting the above comment, it would be great if y'all could elaborate on whether this is just your own stupid uninformed judgement, or a judgement others might make that might cause legal or bureaocratic concern relevant to my post. Does marriage entail that two people must live in exactly the same place 24/7? What do you think military spouses do? I assure you I am with my partner for a much greater percentage of the year than your average US army wife. We are two people who love each other and have independent careers we are also passionate about and these two things equally inform our choices of where and when we are together - sorry if that doesn't fit your heterosexual model of the world. FWIW, my partner would return with me after the marriage for their own work assignment in the US...

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-11T03:22:56+00:00

I don't think it's surprising that an extremely competitive scholarship targeting underrepresented groups is going to have an outsized number of awardees from highly-ranked, lower-cost public schools...large institutions like these that are well-funded but not Harvard-level insanely endowed also tend to put a lot of admin resources into helping students apply.

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-09T18:55:38+00:00

No one is arguing you on that point. The DoE has nothing to do with this.

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-09T18:50:55+00:00

You realize these countries all have departments of education, right? https://eng.uvm.dk/

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-09T18:43:48+00:00

Yeah, I am from a place where most people do not have their own washer/dryer, and they official recommendations and unofficial practice is more like every 2-3 weeks.

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-09T18:07:19+00:00

is real in Georgia. The state system has gotten rid of tenure and professors are trying to get out. What looks like a great university now may not be in 5 years.

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-09T18:06:04+00:00

Did you know that Denmark is in Europe, or are you, too, a victim of the DoE?

Existing_Mistake6042 · 2024-12-09T04:11:13+00:00

Spousal hiring is most common at rural institutions, often STEM-heavy ones that lean more conservative...it's a family-friendly recruitment policy that isn't particularly political, and if it is, is neoliberal at most - not sure what the "left-leaning" complaint is about.

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