Lester Spence
26/12/2016
Read. John Patrick Leary has done, too. Axé.
I appear to stand alone
20/12/2016
It appears that only I think everyone should be on a tenure line. I understand the need for “flexible” faculty given shifting enrollments but I say that if you need someone clearly enough that you rehire them for longer than three years, you need them and should offer them a tenure track position. Pieces and … More I appear to stand alone
Lemmas
15/12/2016
A colleague said: It is not a university, it is A PLANTATION. It is not a department, it is SOMEONE’S PSYCHIC SCENARIO. Therefore, DO NOT HOPE FOR RATIONALITY. Axé.
In which I am outspoken in ways that I do not even realize
14/12/2016
Person: I do not want children. I feel guilty about this as it is my responsibility to have them. Z: Studies show that every U.S. child born is highly detrimental to the environment no matter how green their lifestyle. There is no reason to feel guilty about not having them. Person brightens. Bystander (to Person): How can … More In which I am outspoken in ways that I do not even realize
Slowly and with lots of sleep
13/12/2016
I am now able to do some work I had thought impossible because I got lots of sleep and I am working slowly–or, at the speed I need to work. The reason I have always wanted to leave academia is that we are supposed to work very quickly, do a poor job (anything else is … More Slowly and with lots of sleep
Notes on language and power
11/12/2016
This is important for my languishing article. It is hard to manage because it is about language, but wants to be about neoliberalism and educational policy. If I keep remembering it is about language, I may be able to finish it. Axé.
Review 48:2 (2015)
04/12/2016
I want to read this and I may have figured out how to buy it. Axé.
On teaching college composition
02/12/2016
“The common use of the argumentative essay in US schooling dates back to unprecedented growth in higher education and a literate middle class in the early 20th Century. College was no longer the purview of an elite group from similar backgrounds, and more students meant two things: an insufficient number of teachers trained in writing … More On teaching college composition
On American aristocracies
30/11/2016
According to the New Yorker, Ivanka Trump was “born with a silver spoon in her mouth” and has “patrician” looks. I read this and said what? She is neither an aristocrat nor patrician, she is merely rich! How can the New Yorker, of all publications, misuse these terms so? I thought my attitude might be … More On American aristocracies
Survival mode
28/11/2016
Now my problem is named, I spend too much time in survival mode. I have learned there are the things you love, and the things you must do to support the things you love, and the things you should not do, or should not do too much of as they are not in your best … More Survival mode
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