What they say — “apply to everything, be willing to go anywhere,” — is utterly wrong. You should apply in this order: R1, R2, D1, nothing below that and nothing that is not a university. What they say — “R1 institutions are the hardest ones to get tenure at,” is utterly wrong. They are the … More Advice to graduate students
The meaning of it is that a majority of the country is more rational than not and also does not want to take on a truly nasty tone. This is why it is important that Obama won. If, as I do, you live in a state where people are willing to say directly, they will … More The meaning of the election
Vote in the morning. VOTE! Vote Democratic down the line. People in states that do not send out voter information packets, make sure you know what the ballot looks like and what else is being voted upon, besides candidates for public office. The Louisiana Secretary of State does not have a sample ballot for my … More VOTE
This is for my writing group, research as a second language, and SMT, and anyone else, of course. The topic is doing work in short sessions, every day. Today in a departmental meeting on the lower division curriculum it was repeated that foreign language study is unlike the study of other subjects, like English or … More Illumination post
I acquired this today for $51.80, which was good given that the original price was $148. Axé.
The other thing we were saying at that conference I went to a few weeks ago was that we had met some really mean and also supercilious people in academia and that that was why we had tried to get away from it. Colleague: Where do you expect to publish this book? Professor Zero: Routledge. … More On promise
Observe my partial inventory: 1 serious bicycle with heavy lock 1 serious kayak with good life jacket and high quality paddle 1 AWD vehicle with manual transmission, good luggage space, and kayak rack 1 good pair running shoes 1 high quality backpacking tent 1 Kelty pack and many additional camping accessories 1 down sleeping bag … More A sporting question
This is, essentially, what I mean to say. I have not been much of a passive reader since the fifth grade, because I started writing in the sixth. In particular, I only occasionally read long novels for recreation; I do not normally find them relaxing or interesting, and I have to be relaxed and entertained … More Moria on Reading and Writing
There are things like editorial boards that I am on, and forget to say I am. I have to remember them, as we are coming up on annual report season. I do not like looking at my vita and things like that, and part of being in that writing group is to “disenchant” them, just … More J’oublie
This is one of the things I read in college and understood to some extent but ought to reread now. Axé.
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