These are the revelations of the week on how the phrase do not work so hard which I am convinced is a misogynistic strategy (note to men: it is a common line, too, you could try it…) — 1. when it really is a version of I do not have to, because I am being … More On women, and time, and the war metaphor
I am still grading for the language classes, so I am still looking for French children’s songs. This is because the first foreign language I learned formally was French, and I did not suffer and feel resentment as the Spanish students do, but found it amusing. Even now, I find French to be an instant … More
Axé.
Here is another children’s / military song, for grading. Axé.
I really am staying up all night in the office grading, more or less Occupying it. I always thought there should be speakers blasting music through the halls and now I can. I have to have campfire-type music because I am grading for Spanish 3, two sections of it, and I am behind. There is … More Primeros conjuntos tejanos
I am staying up all night in the office, grading and moving things around. Suddenly I see it is December, morte saison, time to recite the Archpriest of Hita and François Villon, because I associate them with winter — the regal and best season, starting in only twenty more days. Here is part of a … More It’s December!
Have you ever been to a virtual conference? Here is one. Do you watch it like a football game, in your living room, with barbecue or something — or do you have it on in your office and look at it while you work — or what? Axé.
How many funerals of colleagues have you attended in the past six months? I have attended three, the most recent one having been this week. All of these people were old-style professors in different fields of literature. I can tell I am in the 21st century with so many gone. These are people who got … More On funerals
1. To be trusted at least minimally. Not to have it assumed, for instance, that because you may be X, you will surely oppose and work against Y. 2. To be respected/appreciated at least minimally. For example, not to be told that while your field needs representation for reasons having to do with accreditation, it is … More What do you need in order to work in peace?
The answer to this question is easy. If they say research is not part of your job description it is not too bad. You can do research as your hobby and even keep a lot of it off the version of your vita you give them. If they say research is part of your job … More How do academics get alienated from their work?
