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Santayanaism
From no great matter, this bon mot: Those who do not know the history of Americans’ ignorance of history seem doomed to point it out repeatedly, acting each time as if it were something new. This morning, I’ve retreated to Chain Cafe, reading student work frantically before heading up to Ocala for an un-Mother’s Day, […]
What the …. ?
In class we disused women in school is one of the stranger statements I’ve read thus far in this batch of student exams. From the repetition of the misspelling elsewhere in the exam, I gather the student meant to write discussed but, um, er, forgot to check the spelling.
The Morning’s Back (and I’m Gonna Be in Trouble)
I’m behind the eight ball this morning on teaching for two reasons: I couldn’t get to sleep before about 3 am and my university’s Blackboard server has bollixed up the upload of my masters class’s major assignment. I’m not sure why I didn’t get to sleep until far too late—probably residual discomfort from the dental […]
Psychologizing as the exception now
I just finished reading a student paper that distorted most of the cited class readings, turning them into an explanation of where juvenile delinquents became psychologically abnormal. This is evidence that the student had not quite learned the message I’ve been pounding for the entire semester: this course isn’t psychology. It’s humanities and social-science perspectives […]
No longer funny to me
Via Bitch, Ph.D. came notice of another academic blogger’s cynical universal disclaimer for students in courses. Hmmmnnnn… I guess I don’t feel the need to gripe about students these days. Maybe it’s because there are bigger fish to fry in my professional life, or maybe I just have thick skin, but sarcastic or griping comments […]