Flashes of Panic

I just sent email to my supervisor at MPOW telling her that I’m not coming back in the fall, since I will be TAing instead.

It’s a tricky message; even though the TA work promises to be interesting, and I’ve had my times of frustration with the current GA situation, I feel somehow disloyal. Even though I didn’t really have a whole lot of choice in the matter: the department head presented me with a series of reasons why I should be working for Professor γ full-time, and I couldn’t very well argue. (I feel like I’ve already disagreed with this department head too many times, before I even started here. She was on sabbatical last year, so I’ve yet to actually speak with her, and it’s tempting to attempt to continue this streak.)

Still, it’s like every August all my work becomes Somebody Else’s Problem.

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