October 18, 2006

9:25 AM

Congratulations Quartermass on you first academic teaching gig! Earlier this year he successfully defended The Thesis and has now been signed up to teach Sociology of Mass Communication.

Ahem, we'll all get shoutouts to your class, right?
posted by arcticwoman to MetaFilter-related at 9:25 AM (17 comments total)

I look forward to being namechecked on an exam.
posted by cortex at 9:37 AM on October 18, 2006

Let me see if I've got this right: you're expecting to get tenure with a picture of an elephant?
posted by Smart Dalek at 9:38 AM on October 18, 2006

I look forward to being namechecked on an exam.

Dude, he's teaching sociology, not anatomy.
posted by languagehat at 10:39 AM on October 18, 2006

I OFFER TO DISPLAY THE FISH FOR SHOW AND TELL.
posted by quonsar at 11:58 AM on October 18, 2006

Congradulamations!
posted by deborah at 12:00 PM on October 18, 2006

Now that he's a teacher, he's legally allowed to diss posts on MeFi with the following blistering put-down.

"[Username]...

MUST TRY HARDER! F--."

Congrats Mr. Quartermass!
posted by Effigy2000 at 3:21 PM on October 18, 2006

That's great news, Quartermass. Congrats!
posted by mediareport at 3:27 PM on October 18, 2006

Congratulations, Quartermass!
posted by sveskemus at 3:47 PM on October 18, 2006

Where were you people when I got promoted back in December?
posted by boo_radley at 3:53 PM on October 18, 2006

Yay! Way to go! The topic (the byline topic, not just MeTa) is a subject of academic interest to me, as well. Good to know you got a paying gig to talk about it. Grats.
posted by absalom at 3:55 PM on October 18, 2006

Wow, my first callout!

Yep, I got my first academic teaching job. Which only goes to show that reading Metafilter pays.

Not very well, mind you...
posted by Quartermass at 5:34 PM on October 18, 2006

Congrats, Quartermass.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:44 PM on October 18, 2006

If you fail me, I will flame out.
posted by allen.spaulding at 11:03 PM on October 18, 2006

Yay Quartermass!
posted by scarabic at 11:23 PM on October 18, 2006

Change your profile dude! You're not a grad student anymore! Congrats on your success!

Now that you're a community celebrity, care to lend any of your virtual capital?
posted by jasper411 at 9:15 AM on October 19, 2006

Congratulations!
have you read Kwine's post yet?
posted by Quietgal at 6:03 PM on October 19, 2006

Speaking as a recent PhD in my second year of teaching full time - welcome to the grind. If you make it through the first year, you can make it. The little punks will wear you down, you'll be up late at night working on lectures, and you'll be sleep-deprived as hell - but you can make it. Good luck!
posted by caution live frogs at 6:24 PM on October 19, 2006