tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12426239.post3950632320166056475..comments2023-06-12T10:08:26.187-05:00Comments on Lake Winneblogo: Professors accused of dishonesty on sick-leaveLake Winneblogohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09063703316063246957noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12426239.post-22328427254516875282006-10-20T09:43:00.000-05:002006-10-20T09:43:00.000-05:00Letters on this topic by myself and Martin Gruberg...Letters on this topic by myself and Martin Gruberg appeared in the 20 October Northwestern:<br /><br />http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061020/OSH06/610200455/1191/OSHopinionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12426239.post-50475063696211820052006-10-17T16:03:00.000-05:002006-10-17T16:03:00.000-05:00What you are all missing is that these LAB attacks...What you are all missing is that these LAB attacks are a routine part of the budget process. Every two years they issue some report that is essentially a "gotcha" prior to the start of the budget process. The fact that they are concerend about sick days should be taken as a good sign -- they couldn't think of anything more nasty to throw at us.<br /><br />BTW, I think professors SHOULD take more sick days. Too many come in to work sick because they don't want their classes to fall behind. I had a colleague at another college who came in to campus for weeks even though he was terminally ill. He died 72 hours after the last class he taught. A few sick days might have given him some time with his family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12426239.post-87269902616632339542006-10-15T21:14:00.000-05:002006-10-15T21:14:00.000-05:00Anonymous did seem to miss the point that professo...Anonymous did seem to miss the point that professors basically work flex time. Not all work needs to be done in the office. I'm insulted when Green and others act like we don't work. I, too, have come and worked when feeling really sick because no one else can teach my classes, and I went home "early" after class and office hours. Then I graded over the weekend. Maybe we should boycott all out unpaid work over the summers and watch the semester slow down significantly as we work only when paid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12426239.post-4425158243568856602006-10-15T16:42:00.000-05:002006-10-15T16:42:00.000-05:00You've just proved Winnie-Bloggo's point about not...You've just proved Winnie-Bloggo's point about not understanding why an academic is different.<br /><br />Being a professor is not a job, it is a career. We are NEVER off-duty. I check my university e-mail on weekends, holidays, and when sick, and respond to student and colleague queries. I write lectures in the evening at home. I grade papers on weekends at home. The three months of summer WHEN I DON'T GET A FREAKING PAYCHECK, I am in my office, WORKING, every single day. And some chowderhead legislator is going to raise a stink about sick-leave??? <br /><br />Okay, how about this? Every professor in UW System starts putting in just 40 hours a week. Taking whole days off when ill. No more working at home in evenings and weekends, no more toughing it out so classes aren't cancelled (There is, after all, no such thing as "substitute teachers" for college.) <br /><br />Be prepared, because it will triple the cost of running UW System -- you'll need three times as many professors if we cleave to these rules. Also, forget about the millions of dollars in grant money overhead -- no one will have time for THAT anymore.<br /><br />Sure, kill the goose that lays the golden egg.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12426239.post-69254264020942459582006-10-15T16:23:00.000-05:002006-10-15T16:23:00.000-05:00There are many professions where people do not pun...There are many professions where people do not punch clocks, feel very passionately about their work, often work 60 hour weeks and yes _ feel like they are underpaid _ and yet they have to take a sick day when they do not show up to work. It's that simple. To claim that professors _ and no other state employee, not even other unclassified staff _ have some special exemption from that rather basic requirement is rather arrogant, isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com