Teachers' Lounge: Jobs, interviewing for one, getting one
There are academic jobs out there, full-time ones even, and both temporary and tenure track ones. It is challenging to get one, but not impossible. Of course the competition is very fierce, and there...
View ArticleMidsummer Wind
Hot. Heavy. Not awfully humid, but very chewy air. A bit of a breeze all day but definitely needing the air conditioning. Tonight I sit on the front steps in the hopes of seeing some lightning, but...
View ArticleTeachers' Lounge: Freshman Move-In Day
Today is move-in day in my small town. Suddenly the number of people around will go up by 50%, lots of folks driving the wrong way down one-way streets, and crowds at Walmart, Walgreen's, the grocery...
View ArticleTeachers' Lounge: Pushing Outside of your Comfort Zone
At my university we have a junior-level interdisciplinary seminar, which can be on any topic a professor wants to teach about. I have taught versions about places -- Istanbul, Cairo, London, and this...
View ArticleTeachers' Lounge: Writing that Goes Beyond
I am starting to realize how much we limit our students at the college level. Unless they are in a creative class (and often even then) I see that they are not willing to actually let any part of...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: September 11th, 2015
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, wader, Doctor RJ, rfall, JML9999 and Man Oh Man...
View ArticleTeachers' Lounge: Play
Children learn when they play. So do adults, and as part of my goal of making life long learners out of my students, I am trying to encourage play in my classes. Not in place of learning, but to...
View ArticleI finally get what Donald Trump makes me think of
In 1991 Saturday Night Live had a set of skits that were absolutely interminable to my taste. There were three or four of them with a recurring character played by Mike Myers. I just didn't get it....
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Earthquakes and other things
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, wader, Doctor RJ, rfall, JML9999 and Man Oh Man...
View ArticleTeachers' Lounge: I am old
‘You are old, Father William’ (1865) Lewis Carroll “You are old, Father William,” the young man said, “And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head – Do you think, at...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Finally Friday!
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, wader, Doctor RJ, rfall, JML9999 and Man Oh Man...
View ArticleTeachers' Lounge: Getting out of bed in the morning is sometimes hard
Today was a "Visit Day" at my university, for prospective students, and for each of those there are two events where department faculty participate -- the department chair does the presentation and a...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Oktoberfest Edition
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, wader, Doctor RJ, rfall, JML9999 and Man Oh Man...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: The World Over There
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, wader, Doctor RJ, rfall, JML9999 and Man Oh Man...
View ArticleTeachers' Lounge: Thoughts on Homecoming Weekend
I love my job. But it has been a rough week. One should not have to be afraid.Idaho: 15-year-old boy arrested for threatening to shoot up high school and 'kill all the girls'By Nicole Rojas A...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Friday Around the World
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, wader, Doctor RJ, rfall, JML9999 and Man Oh Man...
View ArticleTeachers' Lounge: Why do I have to take...?
I teach at a university that focuses on the liberal arts, asking students to take (hopefully) challenging classes in a wide range of disciplines, making them think in ways that are not innate to them,...
View ArticleProphetic Film: "The March," 1990
Every once in a while the BBC has quite spectacular films that project into the future. They are of course known for their films of great works of literature, and for things that show up as...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Halloween Morning Edition
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, wader, Doctor RJ, rfall, JML9999 and Man Oh Man...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: News from Egypt (and elsewhere)
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, wader, Doctor RJ, rfall, JML9999 and Man Oh Man...
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