Everyone knows not to be in Lima in winter, because of the weather. I would add to this that if you are traveling (as opposed to renting your own apartment), not to be in Miraflores in the month of July because it is inundated with “backpackers” and other people you left Europe and the United [...]
I normally do not read anything in the genre of self-help, but a friend told me that in her I Could Do Anything… Barbara Sher sounded a great deal like me. And indeed, her ideas fit with mine, but she knows more. I am getting a great deal out of reading at this book. I [...]
Tomorrow is Juneteenth, and we are already celebrating by listening to live blues from Club Raggs in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on KQXL - 106.5 FM. Last weekend was the Donaldsonville Juneteenth Festival, rumored to be good.
Axé.
It is the weekend, and we have forgotten to sing lately, so we will sing a marvelous and savage song with Chavela Vargas. Today, an excellent day for spells and healing, we feature this post on alternatives to academic labor, by a good professor with a good blog we should all read around in. Here, [...]
Clinton has, to be sure, faced a raw misogyny that has been more out in the open than the racial attacks on Obama have been. But while sexism may be more casually accepted, racism, which is often coded, is more insidious and trickier to confront. Clinton’s response to “Iron my shirt” was immediate and straightforward: [...]
The concept of citizenship is apparently difficult. Many people do not know what it is. They are nationalistic and they want immigrants, for instance, “to know our language and our culture, to understand our form of government and our laws.” Yet they tend not to believe in the rights of “man” and citizen. Daniel Brook’s [...]
As we know, I aspire to work at a learned profession, in a professional atmosphere, as part of a smart and energetic team, and to have a certain degree of autonomy. That is not at all an accurate description of the academic jobs I have had, and I am pointing this out since there may [...]
Please see Patricia J. Williams on the DOE report, “A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education.” Here is an excerpt from the article, with a key quotation from the report:
“Student achievement, which is inextricably connected to institutional success, must be measured by institutions on a ‘value-added’ basis that takes into account [...]
THEN:
Person: You are the tenured person and the one with the grownup house, so you should host the department party.
PZ: How novel and interesting to be in this position. Out of exoticism I will definitely host this party. Besides, it is now my duty to do so.
NOW:
Person: You are the tenured person and the one [...]
This is a post I know the Paper Chaser will appreciate. Job candidates, wear your jackets, and ties if applicable, no matter what anyone says!
Last year one of ours did not and it was because the instructors and graduate students had told him at the arrival from airport party that it was not necessary. They said this [...]
