Comments on: Welcoming New Arrivals to the Sekrit Clubhouse http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2005/05/25/welcoming-new-arrivals-to-the-sekrit-clubhouse/ Culture, Politics, Academia and Other Shiny Objects Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:26:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Chris Clarke http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2005/05/25/welcoming-new-arrivals-to-the-sekrit-clubhouse/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Chris Clarke Tue, 31 May 2005 04:39:12 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=26#comment-132 OK, now I wish I'd read this before I wrote my own post on the subject. Nicely put. OK, now I wish I’d read this before I wrote my own post on the subject. Nicely put.

]]> By: slolernr http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2005/05/25/welcoming-new-arrivals-to-the-sekrit-clubhouse/comment-page-1/#comment-103 slolernr Wed, 25 May 2005 18:31:25 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=26#comment-103 Yep, in spades. This is the hardest and most important thing for young academics to learn: even though you're entitled to feel oppressed while on the interminable and demeaning job carousel, you shouldn't show it and you should, best you can, forget all about it as and when you get a place in the guild. Even though it's natural, having been hazed, to want to haze the next guy, you should resist it, and try to make the world a better place. Seriously. You didn't get cited? Big deal. You got published, and you can't copyright the idea, which you should be glad is getting currency. Career security might be necessary, but is not sufficient, to induce generous behavior. You have to want to be good. Yep, in spades. This is the hardest and most important thing for young academics to learn: even though you’re entitled to feel oppressed while on the interminable and demeaning job carousel, you shouldn’t show it and you should, best you can, forget all about it as and when you get a place in the guild. Even though it’s natural, having been hazed, to want to haze the next guy, you should resist it, and try to make the world a better place. Seriously. You didn’t get cited? Big deal. You got published, and you can’t copyright the idea, which you should be glad is getting currency.

Career security might be necessary, but is not sufficient, to induce generous behavior. You have to want to be good.

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