…is not to have every single course be an experiment. It was not this way earlier on, it is only the past ten years, everything has to be an experiment, nothing is ever right, and everything is always being done the for the first time. Axé.
This is just one of Historiann‘s interesting posts on women and academia. When I was in elementary school the Emeritus Professor’s long and intense work day included preparing manuscripts in longhand to be typed by the departmental secretary. My mother’s day included preparing social events for the Emeritus Professor’s department, and making diplomatic telephone calls … More The Triple Day
What I wrote several months ago: I really like my research projects but I am chronically impeded in them by my unhappiness as a professor. As a professor I have tended to have jobs and lived in places that were not only professionally unsatisfying but also psychically unsafe for me. Repressing my flight instinct is always … More Labor Day I
Whiteman (lecturing severely): At third year review, you will not just be reviewing me — I will be reviewing you. By that time I expect you to overhaul the undergraduate curriculum to my taste, add a new graduate program and have housed in the department an additional journal. If you have not provided these things … More Oxalá
In my foreign language class we have a thick textbook, a workbook, a lab manual, three websites, CDs, DVDs, PowerPoint slides, and videos. It is not yet clear to me how well these materials fit together or to what extent they repeat each other. It may take me more than this semester to learn. I … More The Textbook Industrial Complex, or, The Baroque Era
When I was a large child we would hear concerts at the Palace of Music. We would see people like Paco Ibañez sing, and we would make fun of them later the same night for being too serious. But we would only do this in private because we knew all too well that people could … More “The Truth Is Bitter, I Want To Spit It Out”
All graduate advisors and dissertation directors may want to let their students know that Friday at midnight is not a good time to call your senior colleagues at home to complain about your class schedule. “I am or was asleep, please talk to me at work on Monday” is a hint all, but especially untenured … More The “Backboard Call”
Watch this in its entirety. Many of my students’ only influences resemble the discourse of Pastor Manning. That is why it is so hard to get them to be rational. It is why you have to prove basic facts to them. * I am back in Maringouin where the house and garden are very beautiful. … More Pastor Manning
The best day so far in Madrid was Wednesday, when I did not do anything recommended (e.g. stand in line to get into the Prado). 8-11 Make coffee, put laundry on, study. 11-12 Hang up laundry and dress. 12 Have eyelashes dyed black (at Jean Louis David, for 20 euros). 12:30 Deal with blogs and … More On Not Following Recommendations
My friend and I discussed our problems with the Blackguard. I fear the Blackguard, if unchecked, can become our infernal wind. I do not want to feed that. Rather than discuss him further I am posting brief notes on the ideas we developed here. Problems we can solve as individuals: dealing with someone who wants … More Dat Blackguard
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