Comments on: FAQ on Krause sabbatical lite http://stevendkrause.com/2008/03/06/faq-on-krause-sabbatical-lite/ School, work, life, and everything else Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:41:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: cbd http://stevendkrause.com/2008/03/06/faq-on-krause-sabbatical-lite/#comment-184 cbd Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:50:13 +0000 http://stevendkrause.com/2008/03/06/faq-on-krause-sabbatical-lite/#comment-184 I think it's possible to get away more quickly. Maybe I'm just lazier than you. :) More on my weblog soon, since I gotta think about this for next year. I think it’s possible to get away more quickly. Maybe I’m just lazier than you. :)

More on my weblog soon, since I gotta think about this for next year.

]]> By: Steve Krause http://stevendkrause.com/2008/03/06/faq-on-krause-sabbatical-lite/#comment-180 Steve Krause Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:58:28 +0000 http://stevendkrause.com/2008/03/06/faq-on-krause-sabbatical-lite/#comment-180 I think that if the choice is a semester off or nothing, then you're right, a semester off is better than nothing. And for that matter, if the choice is a sabbatical lite or nothing, I'd take the sabbatical lite. But for some reason (don't ask me why), I really underestimated/overlooked the "get away" value of sabbaticals. I mean, I was more or less concentrating almost exclusively on the idea that a sabbatical is to give someone time to work on a scholarly project. Now as I near the end of this thing, I am beginning to realize that the real value of a sabbatical is just time away and that the scholarly thing is almost secondary. And again, as a number of colleagues have told me, you really can't "get away" if you only take a semester off. Of course, as I commented on Jeff's blog, I'm not sure I'm that good at sabbaticalling anyway. I almost think I would have gotten more done on my scholarly project if I had been busier with regular work, as counter-intuitive as that might be. I think that if the choice is a semester off or nothing, then you’re right, a semester off is better than nothing. And for that matter, if the choice is a sabbatical lite or nothing, I’d take the sabbatical lite.

But for some reason (don’t ask me why), I really underestimated/overlooked the “get away” value of sabbaticals. I mean, I was more or less concentrating almost exclusively on the idea that a sabbatical is to give someone time to work on a scholarly project. Now as I near the end of this thing, I am beginning to realize that the real value of a sabbatical is just time away and that the scholarly thing is almost secondary.

And again, as a number of colleagues have told me, you really can’t “get away” if you only take a semester off.

Of course, as I commented on Jeff’s blog, I’m not sure I’m that good at sabbaticalling anyway. I almost think I would have gotten more done on my scholarly project if I had been busier with regular work, as counter-intuitive as that might be.

]]> By: cbd http://stevendkrause.com/2008/03/06/faq-on-krause-sabbatical-lite/#comment-179 cbd Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:43:11 +0000 http://stevendkrause.com/2008/03/06/faq-on-krause-sabbatical-lite/#comment-179 It's a bit of a leap from "Sabbatical lite didn't work for me" to "One semester sabbaticals aren't a good idea." Obviously, a year is preferable, but given the choice of one semester off or nothing, what advantage is choosing nothing? It’s a bit of a leap from “Sabbatical lite didn’t work for me” to “One semester sabbaticals aren’t a good idea.” Obviously, a year is preferable, but given the choice of one semester off or nothing, what advantage is choosing nothing?

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