The slow death of knowledge (by admin request form)
There’s a particular kind of quiet tragedy in academia: not the big headlines about REF or funding cuts or strike action (though those matter, of course), but the small, daily loss of what academics were actually trained to do—produce knowledge.
You want to speak up in a meeting—but you can feel the lump of rage in your throat forming
You stay quiet, because if you open your mouth, the frustration, the anger, maybe even the tears, will come with it. You’re constantly pissed off—at everything. The social inequalities on campus. The admin chaos. Even your students’ questionable fashion choices at graduation.