Post #14147
2025-11-23 01:47 UTC
“Academia is like a pie-eating contest where the reward is more pie.”
How have I never heard this phrase before? And what a perfect summary of academia!
#ProfLife
https://www.chronicle.com/article/feeling-anxious-youre-not-the-only-one/
Replies (4)
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@MedeaVanamonde@beige.party 2025-11-23 03:34
@QuantumDot2@mas.to @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io That’s both Heavy & Deep
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@gonzo_askold@mastodon.social 2025-11-23 04:07
@QuantumDot2@mas.to a man comes into cake eating contest and asks: "why so much cake could we have something else?". he left into sunset. not caring to know what contest is next.
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@drdusty@mastodon.social 2025-11-23 04:28
@QuantumDot2@mas.to Higher Education is about learning AND teaching. And, both are dessert as far as i am concerned.
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@levampyre@chaos.social 2025-11-23 07:10
@QuantumDot2@mas.to You're overworked and underpaid, and still you further exploit yourself, because it's for the good of humankind.