UC Davis
19/11/2011
Commentary from zunguzungu. UCD faculty association calls for chancellor’s resignation. Axé.
Category: Da Whiteman
On weight. On pregnancy. On what we worked for. Sobre la juventud actual
18/11/2011
This is another of my not exactly true, composite stories, which meld various stories to make a point. My size is 8. I can be size 6, 4, 2, but it takes work and at some point long ago I realized it would be far more practical to simply remain at 8. There is someone … More On weight. On pregnancy. On what we worked for. Sobre la juventud actual
Tlatelolco
13/11/2011
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
One mo’ whiteman
05/11/2011
Dealing with white people can be incredibly draining. One I coincide with regularly is convinced that Black people were happy with the situation they had in the 40s and the 50s. She must know there is something wrong with her argument since she keeps raising the issue again and again. Axé.
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
Obedezco pero no cumplo: tenure requirements
03/11/2011
When we were first hired here, we would wonder why it was so difficult to teach three courses, come through adequately on service, and if we were not writing articles, at least write our conference papers. We could not understand it since 3 courses + minor service + conference papers, our goals that academic year, … More Obedezco pero no cumplo: tenure requirements
Time Management
02/11/2011
Here is a really typical case of “poor time management,” but not by me. They changed my class time at a late date, without telling me, so the hour would be convenient for one of the retired friends of one of the Fulls, who likes to take classes. I found out from the students that … More Time Management
On Academic Advice
29/10/2011
This blog is about getting over Reeducation, which had several elements – one of which was the academic advice given advanced graduate students and assistant professors, advice I misunderstood because it didn’t really apply to me. In the same period I had a psychotherapist who, unbeknownst to me, was also an AA sponsor; in AA, … More On Academic Advice
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