I am having more realizations than I have time to explain but I will note them so I do not forget. 4. On making it fun by taking authority and making it work for you. Anything that seems like drudgery has to be reformed, and if you are stuck on your project, there is something … More Insights Four to Seven
I never got comfortable teaching certain kinds of classes for the same kind of reason as some people, on purpose, do not learn to type: they do not want it to be their destiny. It would be easier if I got comfortable anyway. How to do this is the question, how to make the person … More Insight Three
Large projects are slightly frightening and to do them, or start them, you have to have authority in them. It is all very well to say, break them into small parts, but if you have renounced authority in these projects then you cannot begin. It is not a question of procrastination but of authority (and … More Insight Two
The reason people want you to do so much service is so they can hang out with you. At one job I made friends with another new hire and it was to go to libraries, having someone to drive with and then go explore cafés. That was fine but at other jobs I have been … More Insight One
I am so old fashioned that I am doing this for the first time. It is great, and fast, and works well for short papers. It is much easier than grading via blogs or on other websites. Axé.
I remember discussing difficulties managing work days with another new assistant professor who had observed professors more closely than I had. He said: “Your problem is that you are not hiding enough.” At the time I did not think this was a comprehensive enough answer and I did not fully understand it. But it has … More “You are not hiding enough.”
I think these are interesting as information for oneself as much or more than for others. I do not know that I would answer them in the same way every day, but these are some answers I might have. 1. How did you arrive at your dissertation topic or most recent project of considerable scope? … More Taking on those questions
I have just seen that another reason I dislike standard academic advice: I have been up for tenure since I was born, practically. I know the script so well that I cannot stand it. I am reading a piece in a journal where a friend of mine in college had an internship. It is a … More De la psychanalyse
Did I Miss Anything Question frequently asked by students after missing a class Nothing. When we realized you weren’t here we sat with our hands folded on our desks in silence, for the full two hours Everything. I gave an exam worth 40 per cent of the grade for this term and assigned some reading … More I stole this from the comments on another blog.
My younger colleagues who publish a lot say one should expect and want to work at a place with a research culture — one has a right. They say there are so many obstacles to actual scholarly production here that people go into administration as the way up and out; scholarly production is not reliable … More More on the question of research culture
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