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My students have a research paper assignment. In short, they have to come up with a real question and then do research to try to answer it....

I went to a potluck dinner last night, the first this particular group has had in about two years. And it was so very good in so many ways....

There's an emphasis here on doing themes. No more, we're told, can you just teach first year writing; nope, you need a theme. Pref...

I was the lone dissent on an important committee vote today. We don't do dissent well here. But I think I was right. And now I feel cr...

I'll admit, I haven't watched much professional baseball for a long time. How long? The last major league game I went to, McCovey ...

I got my hair cut the other day. It's short. I like it short. It's so short that the cowlick stands straight up. That's what t...

... it will be watched more often than any book or article will be read.

When I went into each of my classes today, I was caught up on the grading for that class. The most important word in that sentence is "...

My writing students have been reading some essays about education and liberal arts, specifically. One of those essays (I'm not going to...

I cleaned up my home office this weekend. I'm a clutterer, but I put things away. It's still not perfect, but you can see that the...

I'm sure I'm not the only person around who teaches students in one or another class about privilege, specifically the race privileg...

I spent several hours at our campus choose a major day event. I talked to a lot of students. The idea is that you're supposed to tell s...

Since I didn't have grading last night, I turned on the TV. I'm a lazy TV watcher, which I'm sure the networks appreciate; if I...

My day started calmly enough; I got to the office at 7:30, recorded some grades, prepped for class, did some advising preparation. I taught ...

We're about halfway through the semester, and as of this very moment, I'm almost totally caught up with my grading. I have perhaps ...

Over years of grading, I've gradually come to understand some of the frustrations my mother had with me as a kid. For example, I would ...

My aunt forwarded this to me. Take a look for yourselves, because it does a really good job of explaining why " I'm Voting Republi...