am watching an old episode of ER, the one in which Neela ends up working at the Jumbo Mart b/c it is the only job she can get since her only training is to be a doctor, which makes her good for nothing in the work force.
unlike Neela i worked my way through school so I am indeed qualified to work in a multitude of low-paying jobs (my resume chronologically reads "Pet Sitter, Video Store Clerk, Assistant Professor").
but i had my grad seminar read Jeff Sconce's "Tulip Theory" yesterday and he discusses the fantasy of academics who imagine themselves as new media practitioners/theorists. Then yesterday I saw a job ad (with Sconce as search chair) for a new media practitioner/theorist.
so who knows? academic institutions train specialists but maybe they are too specialized for the economic reality of the very institutions that train them.
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