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What if Cinderella were a professor?(IN HER OWN WORDS)
Known as the "fairy godmother coach to academic women," I'm always looking for lessons in fairy tales to share with clients to help them achieve success. While I watched the Disney classic "Cinderella" recently, it struck me that this version of the Cinderella story was very similar to the experiences of my clients and me in the academy.
Like Cinderella, we may have a kind father-figure advisor who protects us as emerging academics. But all too soon, he is no longer there and the true nature of higher education shows through.
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Our stepmother, the institutional culture, pretends to welcome us to the family, but we are relegated to subservient roles. Much to our surprise, we discover stepsister-like behaviors in our peers--competition, mistrust and pettiness--from whom we were expecting support.
If we're lucky, a fairy godmother appears to mentor and support us so we can rise above the negative aspects of higher education. We are then able to live happily ever after--with success on our own terms as the princely prize.
Thinking about the movie led me to ponder what Cinderella would do if she were a professor who encountered the same issues as most academic women. The following ideas are based on my experiences as a mentor-coach to new academic women (and some men, too) and the issues that come up over and over. Here is how I think Cinderella would navigate higher education.
* Cinderella would recognize that not everyone is going to like her, and it has nothing to do with her.
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