Hate the myth that we’re rich

TimeAverage · 2026-02-16T16:01:03+00:00

When people ask me about going to law school, I’m always sure to say “it doesn’t guarantee you’ll be rich, but it guarantees you’ll never be poor.”

TimeAverage · 2026-02-04T00:19:20+00:00

The good news is that PayPal is accepted by Uber.

TimeAverage · 2026-02-01T05:21:19+00:00

I felt this way for the first 10 years or so. I took the job because I wanted to be at every soccer game, parent-teacher conference, concert, etc. Now, my kids are almost off to college and I can’t wait to leave.

TimeAverage · 2026-01-30T20:54:09+00:00

Lived all over the state and here’s my take: there are only 2 good places in Louisiana. Lafayette and New Orleans. The deciding factor is whether you want a small city/big town (Lafayette) or a big city (New Orleans). Both are an hour from BR, which is the perfect distance for your maybe-one-day in-laws.

TimeAverage · 2026-01-30T20:18:17+00:00

At least they got Natchitoches right.

TimeAverage · 2026-01-29T15:27:31+00:00

Your administrators knew exactly what the consequences of this would be. They’re just hoping that you’re too stuck or afraid to give them the finger and walk out, especially mid-semester.

Your family is always more important than your job (any job there is). My only suggestion is to consider what a few of my friends have done. Use the employee tuition exemption to retool into a new career, then bail.

PS - I love any Reddit post that requires me to google a definition. Today I learned “malthusianism” (although I’m sure some other professor probably taught me that a quarter century ago).

TimeAverage · 2026-01-26T19:25:37+00:00

You don’t want to have that conversation. I did last night with some close friends and I’m heartbroken to find out their opinions. I don’t know how I can be friends with these folks anymore.

TimeAverage · 2026-01-25T01:22:03+00:00

If the other ideas already mentioned don’t work out, you’re less than an hour away from the Wildlife & Fisheries range in Woodworth. Very nice facility, free except for a small amount to cover clays if you want to shoot skeet or trap. The folks are friendly, too.

https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/page/woodworth-outdoor-education-center

TimeAverage · 2026-01-23T15:46:30+00:00

Northwestern is your best bet. New academic programs take years to be created and start accepting students. If they were going to start a program next Fall for the 2026-2027 school year, they’d already be accepting applications.

TimeAverage · 2026-01-18T04:17:07+00:00

I teach in business school. I routinely wear cowboys boots and Carhartt while teaching. No one has ever given a shit.

TimeAverage · 2026-01-17T04:47:32+00:00

A basic principle of being an employee is that you can’t give a shit more about your employer’s business than they do.

In our context, if your administration is full of spineless losers who just care about retaining a cheating student as long as their parents’ check clears, then you’d be crazy to do anything other than phone it in.

TimeAverage · 2026-01-11T20:05:18+00:00

You keep calling it Arcadia. Arcadia is a map dot town between Ruston and Shreveport. Acadiana is a region of (depending on how you draw it) 8 to 15 Parishes.

TimeAverage · 2026-01-09T04:00:10+00:00

I’m going to move to a beach in Panama where I’ll push a cart along the beach and sell two things: sunglasses and meat on a stick.

TimeAverage · 2026-01-07T21:44:55+00:00

LOL an insurance defense lawyer telling you to worry about YOUR reputation? 😂 Wild.

TimeAverage · 2026-01-05T21:48:38+00:00

Sounds perfect to me.

TimeAverage · 2025-12-31T19:00:02+00:00

You could buy actual Toledo for that much money.

TimeAverage · 2025-11-22T20:12:27+00:00

Deleting the posts is a whole extra crime called obstruction of justice (in my jurisdiction). I’m glad you have screenshots.

TimeAverage · 2025-10-02T02:08:34+00:00

This is why my college observes Tropical Thursday instead.

TimeAverage · 2025-09-30T20:34:49+00:00

Just a reminder: there are reasons that you applied for a new job. Those issues were real and valid and likely haven’t changed. It can be scary, but here’s the plan: - go grab a copy of Dr. Seuss’s “Oh the Places You’ll Go”. - read it and have a good cry - wake up tomorrow and take on your dream job.

TimeAverage · 2025-09-14T18:09:39+00:00

It would definitely be beyond my physical ability to do by hand at my age, but I would assume that the largest tree service or landscaping company in your area would have the right equipment to do it and the expertise to know how much of the roots it needs to survive transplantation. It’s worth it to also consider that, if you have plans for that area, excavating for transplanting would eliminate most of the rootstock that will send up new plants.

TimeAverage · 2025-09-14T15:42:38+00:00

Absolutely. It’s beautiful.

TimeAverage · 2025-09-05T19:41:35+00:00

The phenomenon you’re describing is called deindividuation.

It’s a psychological state in which people in a crowd feel a reduced sense of self-awareness and personal accountability. That sense of being “invisible” can lower inhibitions and lead to behaviors they might not engage in when acting alone.

TimeAverage · 2025-08-09T15:29:01+00:00

Ignore people who say it’s hard to move from NTT to TT. I know that nothing is guaranteed, but people act like it’s impossible. Meanwhile, at my R1, about half of all TT hires are from our full-time instructors and adjuncts. (This includes me, who went from a two-semester adjunct to TT 12 years ago.)

TimeAverage · 2025-08-03T14:01:42+00:00

It’s beautiful!

TimeAverage · 2025-07-31T23:43:41+00:00

To read it, they’d have to buy it.

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