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LettertoTheArgus
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I read the article in the April 1, 2008, issue of The Argus, “Irregular
Professors, In Name Only,” with great interest, for I was a part-time
instructorforsomeofmyworkinglifeinMemphis,Tennessee,intheU.
S.. In the Memphis area, there are three community colleges what used to be
calledjuniorcolleges,twouniversities,andoneartcollege,allofwhichreliedon
part-timerstohelpcarrytheteachingload.Overatwentyyearperiod,Iworkedat
all of these institutions. I can’t say that I was ever forced to work, and I never
found the work a drudge, even though there were always some difficulties, but
therearedifficultiesineveryjob.Mostly,Ifoundtheworkenjoyableandthepay
was decent. I always had other things going on, so being a part-time instructor
wasnotmyonlymeansofincome.
I wanted to have had a full-time job at a junior college or university but the
competition is always fierce for the these jobs and I knew that from the start. I
wasyoungthenanddidnothavemuchexperienceteachingandifitwerenotfor
the part-time teaching jobs in those years, I don’t know where I would have
gottentheexperienceworkingwithstudents.
Reviewof
A person with an education can do a lot of things valuable to society, things
thatwillpaygoodmoneytoo.Iknowmanyformerpart-timeinstructorsbackin
Memphiswhowentintoindustryorsales,tocitetwoexamples,whentheysaw
TheArgus
theopportunitytomakegoodmoney.Thosejobsmightnotbeasglamorousas
beingapart-timeprofessor,butwecan’talwayshaveeverythingwewant.The
worldowesnobodyaliving.
Itisnevereasytogetajob,buttohaveamaster’sdegreeoraPh.D.givesa
personabigadvantageoverthosewhodon’t.Arealeducationteachesaperson
how to live by their wits and actively make things happen. Of course, it takes
work and struggle to do this. Ask any small business owner, or corporation
executive, or even a full-time college professor if their work is easy. All work
shouldbefun.Ifnot,whydoit?Butthatdoesn’tmakeiteasy.
Yes,theuniversityisawonderfulplacetoliveandtowork,butnobodyhasa
righttobehere.Evenbeingapart-timeinstructor,though,hasgreatadvantagesin
prestigethatapersoncanparlayintootheropportunities.Indeed,almostallfull-
timeprofessorsgottheirstartaspart-timeinstructors.Inthisregard,itisakinto
theminorleaguesinbaseballinthatitisagoodplacetostart.WhileIwishallof
thepart-timeinstructorswellinthepursuits,Ialwaysfoundthecircumstancesof
being a part-time instructor in the U.S. very much the same as it is in Korea. I
know,becauseIworkedonesemesterasapart-timeinstructoratHUFSbeforeI
wasawardedafull-timeprofessorshipintheDepartmentofEnglishLinguistics.
To have a job, any kind of job, that you like at all is a great privilege in the
world. On every job where I was a part-time instructor, I always thought that I
wasluckytogettoteach,IneverfeltthatIhadtoteachorthatIwasforcedto.
LymanMcLallen
CollegeofEnglishprofessor
MAY 2008

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