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I’ve been procrastinating on this post because it requires me to project a multidimensional process onto the linear (one-dimensional) thread of a blog post. SHU of The SHU Box blog and I discovered that we are Myers-Briggs polar opposites (she’s ESFJ; I’m INTP) so she asked me about how I organize things in the personal and…
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I have so much work to do, but this pair of posts is something that I absolutely have to write, so here we are. Not that I shield my long-suffering readership from my all-too-frequent sightseeing excursions into my own navel, but this might be even weirder (also potentially more uplifting) than the usual fare. And…
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One reason for the rising job disillusionment among us academics is that administration keeps gaslighting us. They want us to eat up clearly illogical, bullshit explanations for their maneuvers, when the following simple explanation is really behind the vast majority of them: Whenever something is being pushed relentlessly, regardless of pretext, the real reason is…
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Whenever I teach large lower-level courses, I have at least one. Occasionally more, but one for sure, and it’s usually just the one. The student who requires more mental real-estate than the rest of the giant class put together. The one this semester isn’t too bad; he’s not as demanding as some I had in…
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Show of hands: How many academics actually consider professional-society memberships to be useful? I recently renewed my memberships of two professional societies. They were not cheap. For one of the societies, I do not remember ever having had a real use for the membership. Ever. I understand that for people outside academia these memberships perhaps…
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The new semester started and the return of routine is somewhat invigorating. I need to get back to exercise; it fell somewhat by the wayside during the winter break. I spend a lot of time interacting with undergraduates this semester. Basically, three days of my workweek go into teaching or teaching-related contact and activities. I have…
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Go read and say hi: http://academicinfiltration.wordpress.com/
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I have been battling low-level pissiness for months now and I think I have finally figured out (sort of) what’s bothering me. I am so sick and tired of people wanting stuff from me. Time, energy, expertise, good will, various accommodations. I had more than one graduate students in the past couple of years go…
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Happy Festivus! I hope everyone has recovered from the relatives and/or overeating and is back to a more-or-less regular schedule. Traditionally, the first week of January is the blog delurking week… So without further ado, I give you… The Belated 2018 Blog Delurking Week (Jan 7-13, 2018)! Please stop by to say ‘hi’ in the comments,…
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