Et voilà, now we know. Once again, that is what I would have said, at eleven, seventeen, twenty-four, thirty-one, until I met professors. Namely, assistant professors who had been protégés of famous people at famous schools, and had jobs for this reason. Also, associate and full professors who had attained these ranks by pleasing the … More What is a scholar?
Check this out, it is quite interesting. Axé.
“You are not like other faculty,” I have always heard, and I never understood what it meant except that I am not the type to have a minivan. But now I am starting to see. They loved to read, and then they fell in love with a particular foreign culture, or with something in their … More The difference between me and some others
“I have coined the term post-fascism to describe a cluster of policies, practices, routines and ideologies which can be observed everywhere in the contemporary world. Without ever resorting to a coup d’etat, these practices are threatening our communities. They find their niche easily in the new global capitalism, without upsetting the dominant political forms of … More Gáspár Miklós Tamás
So today, waiting for the elevator, I said to my colleague in English, who was not looking forward to being in the building either: I am about to face three hours of sophomores. He grimaced appropriately and then I went to class, where I took Clarissa‘s advice, ditched everything, and did whatever I wanted … and … More Language Class Today
Q: Perhaps I should just take over this program and do it right, rather than try to compromise. A: Have you ever been a department chair, though? They put you through the wringer and if you do not run an authoritarian department, but rather act like a department chair out West or up North, you … More And now: a partial answer to Dame Eleanor
1. It assumes your primary goals in life are suburban, and are house-driven rather than field-driven or research-driven. 2. It either assumes you are so interested in your work that you will put up with anything, anything at all, in order to do it, OR that you are in fact not interested in it and … More One more insight about the assumptions in standard academic advice
I have studied my procrastination habits and seen three things: a) as we know, if one does not take “down time” deliberately, one ends up taking it anyway by fiddling around, such that resting up takes longer. b) I do not procrastinate research, but I do end up doing procrastination activities on days when I … More On “procrastination”
I went to our university’s football game. Furthermore, I liked it. It was very relaxing, actually, and I might have become a fan. I find this hard to believe. It reminded me most of live theatre. But it also resembles Mardi Gras. It brings the community together with elements of fear, pity, and catharsis. It … More Uncharacteristic
…as a character in this weblog. But now da whiteman is always external, because we have consolidated our resistance identities once more. On m’a dit: the structure of the town is opposed to progress; it is not our fault; it is important not to internalize things, and to remember that they and not we are … More Return of da whiteman
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