The problem with spending time with students, or on students, or writing book reviews or essays is that none of those activities do anything for you professionally. Academics are rewarded for one thing and one thing only: research. Scholarly publication. Nothing else counts; anything else is a step toward professional suicide. I knew this, of course, and it tormented me. But, to quote a phrase, I could do no other.
- William Deresiewicz, "Why I Left Academia (Since You're Wondering)" in The End of Solitude: Selected Essays on Culture and Society.
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