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Financial Survival Radio Show – The Network You Need in the New Economy Uncivilisation 2011 | the sustainability centre, hampshire: 19 - 21 August 2011 | Uncivilisation 2011 Discussions about Energy and Our Future Baseline Scenario thought maybe The Dark Mountain Project Academic Bait-and-Switch - Advice By Henry Adams When I was a graduate student, I participated in academic fraud. I didn't plagiarize to get an article published or inflate my CV to get a job. By becoming a TA there, I took on a responsibility for which I had no qualifications: teaching first-year composition courses. Students attend ENU to be taught by experts, not amateurs. I thought it might be appropriate for Elite National U. to warn graduate students, especially those from small colleges, that their TA duties would include complete responsibility for teaching a course. "Absurd!" I never brought up the topic with a professor again. In those days, graduate programs at many universities sent teaching assistants into the classroom with no training, but ENU took pride in its support program. Straining to appear stern, I began the first day of class by giving a rehearsed speech about the wonders of writing essays. I hadn't prepared a response for obscenity, but the other students ignored Nate, so I went on. Dr. Dr. Dr.

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