Freshmen entering my university have at least a 2.5 GPA and 950 composite score on the SAT (old scale). Requirements for out-of-state and home-schooled students are noticeably higher, but still low. I had a GPA of 3.87 and my composite SAT score was 1410 (Verbal + Math). It is an enormous difference. Axé.
I have gone to the dark side by proposing to a bureaucratic conference, in the section on student success. It is because I had a student from the Education school with a senior project that I thought deserved to have an impact if it could, so I consider this a teaching activity: getting a student … More El lado oscuro de la academia
Working classes internalize harm. They respond to hurt and pain that liquid capital inflicts on them by, first and foremost, self-harming. It’s easier for them to believe the neoliberal narrative that they fail because something is wrong with them. So they self-punish and self-destruct. Creative and professional classes have better defenses against this. They externalize … More The modern workplace
There are hardly any blogs anymore. I read an old post by the great Twisty therefore, and realized once again how much it all comes down to patriarchy. Twisty refers to “her spiritual death at college.” “It took me about 30 years to grow [my mojo] back,” she says. I didn’t have her experience then … More Le soleil d’hiver
It is not what they do to you, it is what they can get you to do to yourself, is an important point for those of us who are dealing with misogyny or any kind of discrimination, really. Another thing to remember is that although we are constantly told that most people can never admit … More Resist
This is an important article. Axé.
That I was not just a person with a question, but an unredeemably flawed person due to the sins of my ancestors. The worst of it, and the proof of it, was that I could not see my own inferiority. The only cure was to self-flagellate in some manner, and I certainly did not deserve … More Encore une fois, what I learned in psychotherapy
This is an important article and should be read. “You would be hard-pressed to find a mental-health professional, a productivity expert, or a writing coach who would suggest that — rather than recognizing people’s talent and rewarding their hard work — the way to get good results out of people is by making them feel … More On abusers and enablers in academic culture
Amazing corruption and duplicity, and nobody is willing to fight. I am going in alone, and I shall not be moved. Listen to the amazing voice of Mavis Staples, as she was and will be. Axé.
Yea, verily I say unto thee that it is a bad omen when you do not wake up in the morning thinking about research and teaching, but about how to withstand and/or avoid bullying and harassment. Axé.
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