UC Davis
19/11/2011
Commentary from zunguzungu. UCD faculty association calls for chancellor’s resignation. Axé.
Category: Banes
On Recreation
18/11/2011
1- Random greetings to Clio Bluestocking, who has written an excellent post in response to Historiann’s call. 2- We are expected to dislike research and have difficulty with writing, but what is difficult for me is giving of myself to the point where I barely have enough plasma left to function. I am not cut … More On Recreation
On Not Voting
18/11/2011
There are elections tomorrow and I am not voting, because I am leaving this afternoon and I will not be back until Sunday. Were I not so overloaded with work I would have remembered to vote early, and were I not so used from birth to Tuesday elections I would remember more easily that we … More On Not Voting
Things
11/11/2011
Is there anyone else who doesn’t have a lot of things? I do not. Ideally I would have still fewer things, but many wall decorations. Axé.
Reminder and footnote
09/11/2011
One thing abusive people often do is find something which is not a problem and try to say it is, or find a small problem and say it is much worse than you realize. Below I give some ridiculous examples of this, but I notice that people try it all the time in more subtle … More Reminder and footnote
Footnotes on advice to new faculty
08/11/2011
1. Just because I at one point worked where you went to graduate school, do not assume I have the same impression of it as you. To speak ill of people there is not a good way to initiate bonding with me, if bond you must, because these may be people I like. 2. Just … More Footnotes on advice to new faculty
On Saying No
07/11/2011
A brilliant memo by me: I am not competent to teach dance at the senior/MA level. Axé.
Some Arithmetic
06/11/2011
A vignette for Historiann, obliquely related to her post One of the courses I am teaching now, I first taught when I was 21. Then it was a 5-hour course with 25 students, adequate administrative support, and cooperation among those teaching it. I was paid for 20 hours a week to do this, and between … More Some Arithmetic
Et encore, encore
05/11/2011
So I am still mystified. It seems the main thing people did not learn how to do in graduate school was to write, and that they suffer while writing.What I did not learn in graduate school was how to teach K-12, and I suffer while teaching. There are people who do not suffer while teaching. … More Et encore, encore
The burdens
04/11/2011
When I was younger than I am now, people were always very concerned I might fail. I did not understand why since I had never failed and did well easily, but I did know I was to be especially careful and follow certain really safe paths. “You can’t, you mustn’t, you shouldn’t,” are still a … More The burdens
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