Where I used to work there is permanent class war because professors put professional standards above personal convenience and instructors do the opposite. You cannot have a program in that way, especially when the instructors are the more powerful group and have the most backing. Teaching goal of professors: produce good majors and graduate students. … More On Class War
Schedule today: 8 AM Remove Vitter posters from building and environs 9 AM Grade, prepare, plan 10AM Teach 11 AM Teach 12 N Teach 1 PM Eat Lunch and Write This Post 1:30 PM Grade, prepare 2 PM Teach 3:30 PM Meeting 4 PM Meeting 5 PM Meeting 6 PM Walk 7 PM Eat Dinner … More Now Working!
Are we working yet? No. It is 8:59 AM and where is Professor Zero, then? She is in the office, but she has only just made it here. Office hours start at 8:00 but upon arriving on her part of campus Professor Zero, who did not leave the building until 8:45 PM last night, saw … More Extra Credit
In case the legislature thinks you are not working and needs to know what lazy professors do all day long, let me tell you about my flexibly scheduled day so far. This is after working 6-1 and 2-9 yesterday, 14 total hours with a one hour lunch break on which I both ate and went … More Flexible
Among Christians, the code employed to express strong disapproval is, “Why would you…?” As in, “Why would you want to discuss an ugly thing like slavery in a class at a university?” So my student gave a presentation on the Brazilian narco-slums and police repression and simultaneous collaboration or even leadership in the narco-gangs, which … More On Christians
In case anyone needs my help to prove we are working, I have been up since five. I graded for Spanish and updated websites from six to ten this morning, after which I taught various Spanish courses for three hours. Then I ate lunch, wickedly spending $8, and went to the bookstore to finally buy … More Midday Report
It appears that many people have more flexible schedules than I do, so I am going to leave it to them to protest on the steps of their respective state capitol buildings to point out that what we do is work. One of the reasons I have a less flexible schedule than some of you … More Transgressive Talent
Perhaps the reason the girls who envy the “golden boys” do so because they thought they would be in those kinds of positions one day. I never did, so I do not experience the same kind of resentment. I do envy the girls who are in the kinds of jobs where “golden boys” even exist, … More My Most Wicked Thoughts, Written Out
When was the idea that research was so hard for people with Ph.D.s invented? (I do note that in the mythology, it appears that research is only hard after you get the degree — before that, it is expected. This is symptomatic of the mythical nature of the idea that research is hard, I think.) … More An Idea
This is why I do not feel the need to prove that what I do is work. I am still livid to have been linked to, the day I finally decided I did not care if it was sinful to enjoy at least a small part of what one does, with a correction: I should … More And Furthermore
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