Just a Bum

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Dear Readers,

This week an administrator at my college reported to security that there was a bum hanging around the parking looked like he didn’t belong on campus. The bum in question was me. Keep in mind, my employee ID was clearly visible on a lanyard around my neck. At the first college where I taught, I was told I’d never be hired as a full time faculty member because I wasn’t “full time material.” This was a reference to my working class origins. At the second college, I had a faculty...