{"id":331,"date":"2018-07-06T13:52:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T18:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/avpacad\/?p=331"},"modified":"2018-07-06T13:52:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T18:52:49","slug":"whats-obvious-to-you-about-your-work-as-community-college-faculty-but-not-to-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/avpacad\/whats-obvious-to-you-about-your-work-as-community-college-faculty-but-not-to-the-public\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Obvious To You About Your Work As Community College Faculty, But Not To The Public?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/What-s-Obvious-to-Academics\/243847\">The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/a> and found this article fascinating.\u00a0 Someone on Twitter asked professors to answer this question:\u00a0 &#8220;What&#8217;s something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?&#8221;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-337 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/avpacad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2018\/07\/Nsa_college_instruction-medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"173\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scroll through all the answers in the article, and you&#8217;ll find some jewels that apply to us as well.\u00a0 Here are a few.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;History isn&#8217;t stuff that happened, it&#8217;s why.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Successful learning is not necessarily a 4.0[GPA] or a [score of] 100.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The quality of a professor is unrelated to the prestige of their institution.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Good teaching evaluations do not necessarily indicate that someone is an effective teacher.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Most professors don&#8217;t try to influence students&#8217; political opinions, and those who do rarely succeed.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Half your college teachers are adjuncts with no job security . . .&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-336 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/avpacad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2018\/07\/Classroom_teaching-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/avpacad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2018\/07\/Classroom_teaching-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/avpacad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2018\/07\/Classroom_teaching-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/avpacad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2018\/07\/Classroom_teaching.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Next, someone on Twitter flipped the question:<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What&#8217;s something that seems obvious to the general public, but your profession seems to misunderstand?&#8221;\u00a0 And the answers were just as enlightening.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;That many first gen and low income college students are one family emergency away from having to leave school.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Literally everything.\u00a0 We&#8217;re philosophers.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So I thought I would ask a similar question.\u00a0 What are some things that you think the general public does not understand about our work as professors in a community college setting?\u00a0 Email me your answer and I&#8217;ll compile a list.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Picture credits:\u00a0 National Security Agency, 1950s classroom; 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