The Joys of Being Let Go
by Laura Yeager I’ve been an adjunct off and on since 1988. I’ve taught part-time English classes in Iowa, Ohio, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania. For the most part, I’ve chosen my adjunct lifestyle so that I could have time to do my own freelance writing. I have also taught full-time at two universities. The most classes I’ve ever taught in one semester as a part-timer is five classes of freshman composition at two different schools. At the time, I was just out of grad school. It was 1989. You should have seen the place I was living. Stray cats loved it. […]
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