back in office hours
once, again. waiting around for students. R Why has a few thoughts about my thoughts from the last time I was sitting here: The only thing I’m not as sure about is the thought that it’s a system...
View Articlehere, take some snakes and calm down…
from a close friend’s teaching evaluations last quarter: Knows the material and is passionate about it. Extremely helpful at providing additional resources! Brought snakes during stressful times! Typo?
View Articleyear of antigones
DePaul University is organizing the amazing year long project: The Year of Antigones.
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august cometh
There is nothing like chicago summer heat to suck all the productivity out of my body and mind. It’s just *wet* all the friggin’ time. But august means that summer is simultaneously both in full swing,...
View Articlethe high price of higher education
I was going to write something about this piece in the times, but JTL managed to say it better and quicker than I. He also has more experience with these programs (having actually taught many students...
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let it be known
the new scout niblett is good 4 shots of espresso from the grind will make you a little jumpy. bargle… writing teaching statements is both more difficult and less rewarding than, you know, actually...
View Articleruminating about teaching
An aphorism honestly coined and cast has not been ‘deciphered’ simply because it has been read through rather its interpretation must now begin, and for this an art of interpretation is needed. …...
View Articlethings that I wonder about
doesn’t anybody make a granola bar that is, I don’t know, actually made of granola? and not pure sugar? if I could just teach junior college kids philosophy and never have to write anything would I be...
View Articleeven smart kids can be… well, you know…
From the U of C student paper comes this mindlessness: If you haven’t already, you too can learn Marx. Just pick up a Marx anthology—any one will do—and read indiscriminately for 60 pages. Then talk...
View Articlerequired reading
I covered a class this week for a friend of mine, and it reminded me of how sharp many of the kids really are. Coffee afterwards with a former student who is one of the sharpest I’ve ever had also...
View Articlespep makes me tired
SPEP is in town this weekend, and it’s already been quite a time. I’m stealing some moments this morning at the writers space to try and get some work done before grabbing the train back downtown for...
View Articlethings that make grading papers a less horrid experience
whiskey active voice old minor threat records thesis statements hob-nobs making lists about grading rather than actually grading please add to this list in the comments…
View Articlefeelin’ proud
I’m finally at the point where I’ve got former students going on to do great things beyond the university where I met them. I take no credit for these student’s successes, but it still makes me proud...
View Articlethat whole milton friedman thing
In the Trib today: Few names are more associated with the University of Chicago than Milton Friedman’s. But that’s exactly the problem, say some faculty who want to put the brakes on a plan to name a...
View Articlegod, I love wonkette sometimes
From this wonderful post about the less than wonderful market news: Well, shit. Fun while it lasted, right? For us, anyways — the elites who had the MacBooks and iPhones and flat-screen teevees and...
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