Revelation

It seems that in very many lecture courses there are Power Point slides with a bulleted list of points from the textbook that the professor reads aloud, without explaining. Exams are multiple choice and come from the test bank of the textbook. You can tell the test bank you want fifty medium-hard questions and it … More Revelation

Bad advice #2, and good advice #1 and #2

“Go anywhere.” Not quite. Z to colleagues: Well, despite a request and funding from upper administration, I may not get my course release. It feels like discrimination, or inappropriate interference: do you think it is about me personally, or about our subfield, or something else, or am I being “overly sensitive”? Colleague 1: Our subfield. … More Bad advice #2, and good advice #1 and #2

More on mentoring

It is the topic of this blog, really: I am trying to de-Reeducate myself which means mentor myself, and my education was good but Reeducation was, essentially, bad mentoring. There is this to talk about in my case but it is not all. And yet I am tired of talking. I think I just had … More More on mentoring

Reply #10

Jedi Mind Tricks for Faculty Productivity, #10. I love it. This is Reply #10: My morning routine: While my computer boots up I – Read one journal article (20 min) Proof the current article I am working on (10 min) Check and revise outline for the current project.  (5 min) When that is done – … More Reply #10