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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Re: [camnetwork] Is it worth it to get a PhD in History and become a professor?

AWASOM JONATHAN THE "REPORTER" of Cameroonians
You this empty talkative Awasom "reporter of Cameroonians to American Authorities"; other than the "Djongolo Protestant Religious License" given to you by your uncle...Where is your own PhD or any other degree for that matter? Soon you will be twenty years in America. I have asked you time and again to register for classes "free of charge" and I even sent you the links. NO!!! All you want or care about is to come to Camnet and look for someone to Fight with or Report to the authorities. Na which kain badluck be dis? Sometimes if there is no one to Fight, you start Fighting with yourself. Yes your writing skills on the Internet have improved but that does not for an Intellectual make. You still have to Go Back To School and acquire the necessary skills and tools in today's fast paced environment. Writing lengthy neeguisse insulting everyone on the Internet will never put Food on your table. You can and will never equate yourself to the likes of Konde Emmanuel who is a consummate academician, his "Big Mop" not withstanding. Don't drag me into this because I have maintained that "My own school don correct with my standard six safiticate". PERIOD.

From: Jonathan Awasom <camerooncitizensforfreedom@yahoo.com>
To: "camnetwork@yahoogroups.com" <camnetwork@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2013 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: [camnetwork] Is it worth it to get a PhD in History and become a professor?

Tayong

You have some serious problems that need addressing 

I think you should go and get some Ph.D in something and stop all these childishness! You are just all over the place with no message

I think Konde is well read but his problem like most primitive African people is he has not studied what he read.

It is worth it to get a Ph.D and become a Professor. It is not a bad idea. The issue at stake has been about the lack of professionalism due to intellectual dishonesty of some of these primitive African people


You keep crying 24/7 ! Why not go and get a Ph.D in Business since you are a Business man and make it worthy?


 

Rev Jonathan Awasom

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Pass it on and thank you for your interest and cooperation

 

From: MANU Tayong <anomah007@yahoo.com>
To: camnetwork@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [camnetwork] Is it worth it to get a PhD in History and become a professor?
 

Is it worth it to get a Phd in History and become a professor?

So first, you have to separate those two things.

The job market in history is *abysmal*. Many people are finding that once they finish their history PhD, they cannot find a tenure-track position, so they end up teaching adjunct classes for low pay or no benefits - or they do something that they didn't have to use their degree for. I don't think it's all getting down to Wal-Mart cashier level - certainly some history PhDs are doing that, but most aren't. Even still, few people want to spend 7 years earning a degree they're not even going to use.

So you have to consider whether it's worth it for you to earn a PhD in history knowing that chances are quite slim that you'll get a tenure track position as a professor. They get better if you go to a top history program, but they are extremely competitive.

Now for the second part.

[i]Does it pay well, and what exactly do you get to do? Do you publish a lot, write many books, travel to seminars, etc? All help is greatly appreciated. (Btw, I'm interested in general U.S. History).

First-year assistant history professors can usually expect to make around $50-60K, depending on their university and the area of the country in which they live. It's lower in places with lower CoL and salaries, obviously, and higher in urban areas.


"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes" (Mark Twain)



--- On Wed, 5/1/13, Emmanuel Konde <ekonde07@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Emmanuel Konde <ekonde07@yahoo.com>
Subject: [camnetwork] The Guru's Nine Years of Graduate Study, 1982-1991
To: "Cameroon Network" <camnetwork@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 8:45 PM

The Guru's Nine Years of Graduate Study, 1982-1991
·        1982-1984: M.A. in Political Science (Public Administration, International Relations, and Political Philosophy);
·        1984-1985: M.A. in History (European History);
·        1985-1991: Ph.D. in History (African History, Modern European Diplomatic History, United States Foreign Relations, and Comparative Politics). 
In late-1988 I was invited to a meeting by my three academic advisers summoned who told me that it was time to go.  A few months later I took the oral comprehensive examination in my four fields of specialization and wowed my four faculty examiners drawn from African studies, history, and political science.  I began composing the research proposal for my dissertation in early1989 and completed it in record time.  In September of same year I departed to Cameroon for a five-month long field research endeavor and returned to Boston in late January 1990, having organized the materials (newspapers, copies or documents from archives and libraries, tape recorded interviews, etc.) collected into chapters.  The writing of my dissertation began in February 1990.  In August I secured employment with the rank of Assistant Professor as an ABD.  I completed the writing of my dissertation in nine months while working; scheduled its defense at a convenient time, and defended in February 1991 before a committee of examiners drawn from three disciplines: history, political science, anthropology; and one sub-discipline: international relations. There is a stark difference between the quickie and what the Guru underwent, as can be discerned from the breadth of his intellectual accomplishment.  These are the facts, presented here   for the benefit of those who aspire to disparage knowledge derived from learning in a structured environment.  The three-year and four-year Ph.Ds are good.  But, behold the work of your Guru!  The ease and facility with which he commands facts stems from the solidity and diversity of his knowledge base….  Education is the Guru's business and the task he is avowed to discharge on camnet.
 
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