By Jenny Ortiz There isn't a training course for being a Freeway Flyer. When I began teaching at three colleges, I had to learn things the hard…
Freeway Flyer
By Lance Eaton While time management is a challenge for everyone, for Frequent Flyers, it’s particularly vexing as we dart from campus-to-campus, classroom-to-classroom, leaving trails of ungraded…
By Helene A. Matheny There are two realities related to our current economic climate that relate to being a Freeway Flyer adjunct. To our benefit, with the…
By Helene A. Matheny When I returned to the United States from my graduate studies in London in 1998, I knew I wanted to teach, but didn't…
By Lance Eaton The question has all the hallmarks of: “When are you going to settle down and have kids?” It implies that I’m not legitimate, or…
By Helene Matheny I am not, nor have I ever been, a connoisseur of designer clothes, shoes, or handbags. I recently made a conscious effort to pare…
By Helene Matheny When I saw Les Miserables for the first time, my companion and I dashed into the New York City subway to escape frigid temperatures…
By Helene Matheny There are certainly benefits to working as an adjunct. Using my car as my office is not one of them. Only once in my…
By Lance Eaton There comes a point in every semester during which the Freeway Flyer must partake of the powerful and seductive dance I like to call:…
I have mentioned in a past blog the amount of time I spend writing and answering email on an average day (one hour for four or five…
