Saturday, March 14, 2009

Recession Hits Kloe’s House



Yeah, so I knew it was coming. The parking lot at my private school is no longer full, not by a long shot.
Last term I taught three courses there.
This term two.
Next term I was only scheduled for one.
Which yesterday was canceled.
Conversely, the student enrollment at community colleges is bursting, up 10-20%. But there’s no money for extra sections. Our classes are just fuller. And of course there’s a hiring freeze.
In fact, I haven't applied for a tenure-track position in over three years, because there haven’t been any.
I’m going to get very skinny indeed…
(student drawing)

4 comments:

Zee said...

Hey, you seem to have some awesome stuff here, I definitely will come back to see what else you come up with in the future.
Thanks for sharing!

kloeamongtheturks said...

Thanks for reading!
Kloe

Anonymous said...

Hang in there, doll!

Nancy Ewart said...

I'm so sorry to read this - let's hope that this recession is over soon.