I’m in complete agreement with this post. Every time I hear, “Wait until I get tenure! Then I will finally speak truth to power,” I know the person saying this is a goddamn liar. Everybody who wants to speak their mind has already done so.
You say you are hiding your intellectual views to be discreet and not offend those you perceive to be in power, but you are quite free with personal insults to those you perceive not to be.
It is in fact good idea when you are new faculty to ask questions rather than make judgments, at least for the first two years. But not giving an opinion until after tenure is unrealistic and furthermore, you may have been hired precisely because your opinion is desired.
I have noticed, furthermore, that people who do not give opinions until tenure are of two kinds: those who will not give opinions after tenure, either, and those who refrain from poor behavior (not from giving opinions, from poor behavior) until after tenure.
Axé.
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Judge someone by the quality of their hate mail, it’s much more instructive. 🙂
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So very true, Clarissa. I was just as outspoken before tenure as before. But I do think you and I are unusual.
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Sorry. I was just as outspoken before tenure as after.
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