Comments on: WRONG! Dignity as Executive Perk http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/235 This blog seeks to raise public awareness of rankism. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:25:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Elisa http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/235#comment-866 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 01:14:22 +0000 http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/235#comment-866 Just the thought that highly-compensated execs are entitled to special dignity consideration on top of everything else is totally giving me a stomach ache. They should be fighting to protect the dignity of their subordinates! Just the thought that highly-compensated execs are entitled to special dignity consideration on top of everything else is totally giving me a stomach ache. They should be fighting to protect the dignity of their subordinates!

]]> by: Miguel http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/235#comment-865 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:59:38 +0000 http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/235#comment-865 Oh I know what you mean about those financial realities. I'm 50,000 in the hole right now. I went to grad school ofr library studies-it was the only program I could get into-and since I was working a full time paid intern program and going to school at the same time I couldn't keep up. I lost the grades and thus lost the job. So I increased my debt from 25,000 from my undergraduate years in University of Florida to 50,000 and have nothing to show for it. These university presidents are making ridiculous amounts of cash and what they do has to do more with the corporate life rather than the educational life. A public school principal makes a pitance compared to what the president of a university makes. Ridiculous! Oh I know what you mean about those financial realities. I’m 50,000 in the hole right now. I went to grad school ofr library studies-it was the only program I could get into-and since I was working a full time paid intern program and going to school at the same time I couldn’t keep up. I lost the grades and thus lost the job. So I increased my debt from 25,000 from my undergraduate years in University of Florida to 50,000 and have nothing to show for it. These university presidents are making ridiculous amounts of cash and what they do has to do more with the corporate life rather than the educational life. A public school principal makes a pitance compared to what the president of a university makes. Ridiculous!

]]> by: Elisa http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/235#comment-863 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:20:13 +0000 http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/235#comment-863 My degree was in history, too - unfortunately it's for an obscure period and completely worthless. My experience at Berkeley (7 years) still makes me angry. I worked very hard to get into graduate school in the first place, but in the end "financial realities" beat out my merit and qualifications. And this isn't just about me. The grad student turnover at Berkeley was ridiculous, which meant a lot of people were *losing* the investment they made when they started grad school. This ought to be illegal. Anyway - the profs in the History department always told starving and debt-ridden students that they were lucky just to be chosen for a selective program. Shouldn't we be telling these executives that they are lucky to have the chance to lead a worldclass university? My degree was in history, too - unfortunately it’s for an obscure period and completely worthless. My experience at Berkeley (7 years) still makes me angry. I worked very hard to get into graduate school in the first place, but in the end “financial realities” beat out my merit and qualifications. And this isn’t just about me. The grad student turnover at Berkeley was ridiculous, which meant a lot of people were *losing* the investment they made when they started grad school. This ought to be illegal.

Anyway - the profs in the History department always told starving and debt-ridden students that they were lucky just to be chosen for a selective program. Shouldn’t we be telling these executives that they are lucky to have the chance to lead a worldclass university?

]]> by: Miguel http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/235#comment-862 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:09:40 +0000 http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/235#comment-862 Having worked in corporate America I've seen this all the time. Having been a college student I've seen it there too. I was devastated when i found that I would not be going to grad school but having heard stories like yours about the politcis and backstabbing over the years I evetually got over it. I just wish that my BA in History and Political Science were enough to get me something wroth while. I graduated in 1998 and have been bouncing from one dead end job to another. Having worked in corporate America I’ve seen this all the time. Having been a college student I’ve seen it there too. I was devastated when i found that I would not be going to grad school but having heard stories like yours about the politcis and backstabbing over the years I evetually got over it. I just wish that my BA in History and Political Science were enough to get me something wroth while. I graduated in 1998 and have been bouncing from one dead end job to another.

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