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Other states, or, an example of why education and research are good for people personally and not just as career training and certification.

26/09/2012

I never thought I could justify having post traumatic stress disorder but now from the outside, after more than twenty years, I can see how it had to be this and how like a war or similar set of disasters the roots of it really were. I had it long before arriving where I live … More Other states, or, an example of why education and research are good for people personally and not just as career training and certification.

Insight One

25/09/2012

The reason people want you to do so much service is so they can hang out with you. At one job I made friends with another new hire and it was to go to libraries, having someone to drive with and then go explore cafés. That was fine but at other jobs I have been … More Insight One

“You are not hiding enough.”

24/09/2012

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.”

Another revolutionary statement: on research as relaxation

21/09/2012

Another reason people think they cannot work in small pieces of time is that they do not see research as something you can relax with in a casual way. I used to do it in a relaxed way, most of the time, but then later I started to do it as relaxation. It was the … More Another revolutionary statement: on research as relaxation

On senses of place

17/09/2012

I will eventually stop reacting to this piece, but not until I have said all I have to say about it. I have been listening to this advice since the first time I heard the Emeritus Professor give it to a student. I was still in elementary school then, so it was a long time … More On senses of place

Algunos apuntes del fin de semana

15/09/2012

– criminal justice as a racialized system of control – the domestic war on crime is part of the global wars on drugs and on terror – the prison industrial complex and other technologies of domination which: capture, immobilize, dehumanize, liquidate – the system must be uprooted, not reformed – email quigley77@gmail.com – the criminal … More Algunos apuntes del fin de semana

More on why I am against saying work is hard

09/09/2012

Saying that creates fear. Who does not fear suffering? How is concern about possible futility not discouraging? People who say they cannot accomplish anything meaningful in only half an hour, do not say this out of laziness or the lack of a practical sense, but because they have not gained confidence or have had it … More More on why I am against saying work is hard

In Trade

23/08/2012

Two important, interrelated things were said today, of which the second was: “She likes you very much because you see why she would say the things she does, that is, what she really means by these statements.” The other was the more important, and I forget the formulation now, although I remember who said it … More In Trade

An evolving post. Toward my post on choosing academic jobs, this is a post on the penchant for scolding in academic culture.

19/08/2012

This post started out as a comment on this one; the original comment is now in that comments thread where it was intended to be in the first place. This post also follows this one, which follows on a CHE article to which I do not wish to relink. I will link to a useful … More An evolving post. Toward my post on choosing academic jobs, this is a post on the penchant for scolding in academic culture.

On believing in it

16/08/2012

I was going to use the phrase “on putting your heart into it” but it struck me that believing in it, if perhaps less accurate in certain ways, had the advantage of minimizing the Scouts leader tone. This is another post I do not have time to write today but it is about enthusiasm, actually … More On believing in it

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