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Originally posted by Decolliber
The only person I have to take issue with here is Nostatic: being a tenured professor means never having to kiss any ass, ever again. You can even insult a Dean, as long as you do not physically assault the person, tempting as it may be. And you have to keep your hands off the coeds. The real problem with academics is that they generally have no appreciation for Porsches, and consider the subject utterly crass. They think it is socially irresponsible to use a radar detector, and have never seen the movie Le Mans.
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Ah, but the major ass-smooch takes place amongst the *junior* faculty, and in administration. My 5 years as a tenure-track faculty at a "highly selective" liberal arts school gave me quite an edjukashun. Deans are a totally different animal...especially at my current gig as an admin at a major private university. They wield a ton of power, but as you say are still at the mercy of tenured faculty. BUT, the golden rule still applies, and I haven't seen a tenured faculty that wouldn't kiss some major butt to get a grant.
I won't comment about the coeds...especially those long nights in lab
Contrary to popular lore some very good looking women go into science...