I can already tell what my report will be, I did nothing all week but grade furiously, work for courses that bring memories I would rather not have. I did figure out how, for the first time ever, to give a seminar next fall that will both fit departmental needs AND student interests AND my … More That Writing Group, Again
I should have a flyer placed surreptitiously under everyone’s door saying “Don’t fret — organize,” but I will have a sticker made to put on student compositions and it will say: DON’T TRANSLATE, COMPOSE! Axé.
I really have spent years in frozen silence over these and similar non-issues, unable to think entirely clearly because I had been essentially hit over the head. With every new indiscretion about this I improve, so this weblog will be very outrageous for at least the rest of this week. My trauma here at Vichy … More Why I spend so much time trying to recover from the brain injury it is to deal with too many really immature, manipulative, and irresponsible people.
Large projects are slightly frightening and to do them, or start them, you have to have authority in them. It is all very well to say, break them into small parts, but if you have renounced authority in these projects then you cannot begin. It is not a question of procrastination but of authority (and … More Insight Two
I am so old fashioned that I am doing this for the first time. It is great, and fast, and works well for short papers. It is much easier than grading via blogs or on other websites. Axé.
I remember discussing difficulties managing work days with another new assistant professor who had observed professors more closely than I had. He said: “Your problem is that you are not hiding enough.” At the time I did not think this was a comprehensive enough answer and I did not fully understand it. But it has … More “You are not hiding enough.”
I have just seen that another reason I dislike standard academic advice: I have been up for tenure since I was born, practically. I know the script so well that I cannot stand it. I am reading a piece in a journal where a friend of mine in college had an internship. It is a … More De la psychanalyse
My younger colleagues who publish a lot say one should expect and want to work at a place with a research culture — one has a right. They say there are so many obstacles to actual scholarly production here that people go into administration as the way up and out; scholarly production is not reliable … More More on the question of research culture
It is his birthday, y’all! Axé.
The first sentence of my book came to me. I was always like this, always had to wait for a first sentence, always had to start at the beginning, as with a poem. (This is another reason why I find all those warnings and instructions, do not start at the beginning, write the middle first, … More Chocante
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