Once again it turns out I am with or ahead of the times, not behind. This semester I was convinced to give up my claim that we need an articulated curriculum if students are to make satisfactory progress to degree, and to endorse the allegedly new, individualistic practice Gerald Graff called “courseocentrism” in an address … More Russell Berman, Gerald Graff
…at this late hour. My good humor is starting to fail after almost a whole semester of truly having no time outside work. In addition to everything else planned and unplanned this semester, I have now been instrumental in the creation of 1 new major program, 2 new graduate certificates, and 1 new study abroad … More Still working…
…Well so that is our country. The night side of our country. If there is a day side to it, high sierras, prairies of bright grass, we only know pioneers’ tales about it, we haven’t got there yet. We’re never going to get there by imitating Machoman. We are only going to get there by … More Left Hand
Here is something else I dislike about standard academic advice: it is all about limiting, cutting, squeezing, evading, fitting in. It is claustrophobic and everything is such a tight fit. What about expanding, using your powers, doing as you see fit, enjoying what you do? This version of how to say no, from the Tenured … More Limit and cut
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
Caffeinated enough at last I must move on for the day and do not have time, now, to do justice to this worthy project but I will say: 1- I am from an academic and cultural elite. One of my ancestors, the 19th century immigrant (everyone else had already been here for centuries), had a … More For Historiann and Tony Grafton
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
I am an elitist, I just figured it out. My student says the reason the other TAs snipe at each other and lord it over their students is that they were not part of the cool kids earlier on in school and they are taking their revenge now. He was cool in school, says my … More Elitist
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
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
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