How can I become more interested than I am in teaching basic Spanish courses, to the language requirement?

11/11/2012

I am not interested in this, but I need to be. I would be more interested if we did not have a cumbersome textbook and website package to navigate, and if we had a/v that really worked. I am getting more interested because I am getting a part-time TA to whom I need to be … More How can I become more interested than I am in teaching basic Spanish courses, to the language requirement?

Take Four

10/11/2012

Before saying anything truly grave I want to say there is one thing I definitely did not give up for academia and it is that I did not get fat. Seriously: there is this famous colleague I have who gained dozens of pounds eating chocolate during their tenure year, and who says it was worth … More Take Four

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10/11/2012

I do not have time to write it out now but these were the other things I and we saw, talking in real life today: – about research jobs and fields – about foreign language teaching – about being place sensitive – about the actual state of my manuscript – about how I could hit … More Placeholder

Comment écrire

09/11/2012

This week’s brilliant link from Dame Eleanor Hull. I want to figure out how to implement this and I am stuck on #5 because my teaching assignment varies so much. I could also cut down on service but it is the optional service that keeps me interested and makes things work. During this week, when … More Comment écrire

Et plus encore

09/11/2012

I go into these crises of fear — “fear of extreme violence,” said a diagnostician — if I do not serve everyone perfectly, or if I thwart someone else’s wishes for the sake of my own survival. Many of those who have seen me in person do not imagine these things because I am so … More Et plus encore

Et plus tard

09/11/2012

Here is a comment I really support: “Part of being solid in a career is making those choices as to what you will and will not put up with. The thing that we all need to learn is to how to deal with it politically.” I like it because it goes against what I was … More Et plus tard

“It is worse than useless to treat an external problem as an internal one”

09/11/2012

Why are we asked to question ourselves so much? For several days I have been wishing some accident would come and kill me. This morning as I woke up, I was thinking: “well, since I want to die as badly as I do, I had better come up with a method that will really work, … More “It is worse than useless to treat an external problem as an internal one”