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http://drugmonkey.scientopia.org/2018/07/26/but-you-are-doing-fine-what-are-you-complaining-about/ A very good post by Drug Monkey, highlighting that just because someone’s doing fine, doesn’t mean they haven’t faced significant friction beneath their wheels.
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An interesting post on productivity. (h/t to Clarissa for the link.)
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Reader G is an associate professor at a research school highly ranked in G’s discipline. G recently received an offer from a lower-ranked place at a more desirable location (for personal and spousal-placement reasons). G consulted with department and college elders, and a retention offer is currently in the works. However, negotiations with the other…
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Breaking news: It is, in fact, possible to feel rested. I was thinking that I would never feel relaxed and rested again in my life, and thus never again feel anything but overwhelming dread at the thought of cooking, washing dishes, cleaning clutter, any chore really… I decided it’s because I was old, fat, and…
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https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/back-from-yet-another-globetrotting-adventure-indiana-jones-checks-his-mail-and-discovers-that-his-bid-for-tenure-has-been-denied
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A provocative essay on administrative assessment-mania, written by a friend of the blog, Alex. His take focuses on universities, but K-12 has long ago fallen prey to the same trend. https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/07/03/professor-questions-current-approaches-assessment-opinion
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An excellent post at Tenure, She Wrote: https://tenureshewrote.wordpress.com/2018/07/02/why-is-it-always-my-job-to-fix-men/ Go read!
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philipa asked for some book recommendations, so here are a few! Science fiction magazines: I love Interzone and have received sample packs of Analog and Asimov’s. In case it’s not obvious, I am partial to science fiction over (many, perhaps most subgenres of) fantasy. Short story collections: Other Household Toxins (literary flash fiction by…
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I have to write an evaluation letter for someone’s promotion. The person’s record is incomplete and also just not that great. This makes me very grumpy, because I don’t want to write a bad letter, yet it’s not at all easy to write a good one in this case. The student on the project I…
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Lust Stories (IMDB; Netflix) (Indian drama/comedy) — four shorts depicting relationships in the modern Indian society; superb all around (storylines, directing, acting) Matkub (IMDB; Netflix) (Israeli comedy) — two low-level crooks survive an explosion and decide to turn their lives around; really funny with a lot of heart The Man in the Wall (IMDB; Netflix) (Israeli drama)…
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