On 7/15/2010 7:33 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
> On Jul 14, 6:24 pm, Janet >
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>>> On Jul 13, 10:52 am, Janet >
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>>>> The message
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>>>>>>> On Jul 12, 9:09 pm, Manda > wrote:
>>>>>>>> This is for a job interview at a college (for adjunct Chemistry
>>>>>>>> teaching that I do on the side sometimes).
>>>>> You should dress for the interview as if you already have the job.
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>>>> See above. According to Muddlerabid she does already have a
>>>> similar job.
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>>>> Either, she has already been interviewed for and awarded a similar
>>>> post;
>>> Similar post? When did I say that.
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>> Look up there /\. "This is for a job interview at a college (for
>> adjunct Chemistry teaching THAT I DO ON THE SIDE SOMETIMES)."
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>>> That's what I meant by "logical
>>> resoning ability" about some people, I mean *lack of*.
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>> If you already teach adjunct Chemistry, that is a SIMILAR TEACHING
>> POST to the one you are applying for.
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>> In the English-speaking world, we refer to academic teaching jobs
>> as posts. I thought a professor would know that.
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> Well, it's not so much here in the U.S. - I rarely hear "post" used in
> reference to a teaching position.
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> N.

In the past I taught at two different universities and no one ever
called my job a "post." They just wanted to know if I would work cheap
so some full professor could do his "research."