> I wanted the rules to change; I played by the ones that I thought we should have. I insisted on behaving as if I existed in an environment that valued teaching as much as scholarship and intellectualism as much as specialization.
It seems that the author labored for many years with the full knowledge that what he was doing wasn't optimal in light of his objective, which seems to have been tenure at a college or university.
However, after he states:
> Besides, there were things I did believe in, things I thought more worthy of my time. Above all, teaching.
One wonders: why does he need tenure to do the thing he wants to do? Surely he could teach without tenure, at a college or some other school.
It seems that the author labored for many years with the full knowledge that what he was doing wasn't optimal in light of his objective, which seems to have been tenure at a college or university.
However, after he states:
> Besides, there were things I did believe in, things I thought more worthy of my time. Above all, teaching.
One wonders: why does he need tenure to do the thing he wants to do? Surely he could teach without tenure, at a college or some other school.