Tag : academic

What I don’t want to teach my students

A colleague posted recently asking where to draw the line on “sick enough to cancel class.” I know this answer varies a lot with people’s personal situations with regards to health (some people are always sick or in pain to some degree) and with regards to employment (the security of tenure can be very real, as can the insecurity of precarious employment).… Read the rest

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Professors don’t know how to behave

In response to a recent kerfuffle on an academic listserv (unnamed, because it could be any list), I sent an email suggesting the list’s moderation policies are inadequate. The responses were underwhelming.… Read the rest

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