NO. Just. . .NO.
Dec. 19th, 2006 11:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mr_bad_exampleI am NOT gonna apply for this. I don't care if it IS a tenure-track position that only requires a Master's (and by the way, if there isn't a catch somewhere in there, I'll eat my hat). I don't care if I even still know some people from the year I went there. Not gonna apply. Puttin' it outta my head. I will think of it no more.
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Date: 2006-12-20 05:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-20 05:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-20 06:49 am (UTC)apppplllyyyyyyy!
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Date: 2006-12-20 02:09 pm (UTC)What harm would be done? You don't HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVe to interview. You don't HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE to take the job.
/person who went through the same thing with my Iowa Alma Mater
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Date: 2006-12-20 03:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-20 04:04 pm (UTC)*grins*
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Date: 2006-12-20 05:41 pm (UTC)And I also say: APPLY. More options is gooder. If they don't contact you, eh. If they do, you can decide how far to take it.
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Date: 2006-12-21 06:50 am (UTC)What is it that made you even look at it?
I was feeling especially disgruntled yesterday because people who can barely discharge their own duties were telling me how to do my job, so I was browsing the job listings in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
What makes it appealing to you?
It's a tenure-track position that requires a Master's degree.
Why do you feel compelled to yell "NO!" and flee?
It's a tenure-track position that requires a Master's degree. You know what that means? It means I'm gonna apply, I'm gonna get my hopes up, I'm gonna think hey, I got a shot at this, then in three or four months, I'm gonna get a very polite rejection letter.
Is there some reason you felt the urge to post it here so people would convince you to apply?
Ah, but Miss assumes too much. I posted it here so people could read it, find the loophole I'm missing, and say, "Don't be an idiot. Nobody gets a tenure-track position with a Master's degree. Nobody beats the system."
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Date: 2006-12-21 04:51 pm (UTC)If you know someone in the department, can you ask them what sort of apps they've been getting for this?