An interesting sentence
24/10/2012
What my friend from those days said recently: “If you went to graduate school where we did, no United States academic job is of interest; nothing compares.” Axé.
Survey
24/10/2012
When your institution grants or denies tenure and/or promotion, does the candidate see the documents generated, and are they given a reason for the decision? At one of my former institutions, for instance, you had to be good in research and teaching and at least adequate in service. They told you ahead of time how … More Survey
Alleged malware
24/10/2012
This site is visible in Firefox, but not in Google Chrome because of alleged (and not, to my knowledge, actually extant) malware on it from that now apologetic (for the malware) Mexican. What browser are you reading this in? Axé.
On work environments
24/10/2012
I have had three locked bicycles stolen from the campus area so now I put my bicycle in the office. Many do this. Today as I entered the building the building safety captain, who was smoking by the door, against the rules (and should be hanged contrary to custom) yelled nastily at me that I … More On work environments
More on time
24/10/2012
The reason I feel chaotic and trampled upon all the time is that students and faculty are such chaotic tramplers. People with Ivy League degrees never had to organize their time, and working class people do not have enough freedom to organize their time. They are all chaotic and invasive. I get so tired from … More More on time
“You have to learn how to be a good prison guard”
24/10/2012
“You have to learn to be a good prison guard,” said my colleague after visiting my lower division class, but that is precisely the reason I want to leave academia. I am not interested in being a prison guard at all, and to the extent one is expected to be that or a social worker, … More “You have to learn how to be a good prison guard”
On service
24/10/2012
My subunit does far too much of it. It is required to combat the forces that want to close our programs — understaffed, we must remain interesting and have many advanced students. This is a trap, however, since the service we do to create our right to exist, as it were, cuts heavily into research … More On service
On research
23/10/2012
1/ To write, you have to do research, and I since a certain point I have always been under such pressure to write before doing research. In research you follow up on things, read, and let what you read change your thoughts rather than just eat the pieces you need for your own writing production … More On research
Method
23/10/2012
I honestly think and have always thought the only way to get enough peace of mind and research time would be to let the major and graduate programs die. We do amazing amounts of service and out of field teaching to keep these going. Without them, we would teach one more section of service courses … More Method
Can you see this?
23/10/2012
That Unapologetic Mexican was hacked, and although I have delinked him browsers still apparently say this site is affected with malware. Do you see me? Axé.
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