Definition: Bad Day Teaching
I love almost everything about teaching. Almost. What I don’t like — what will screw up my sleep habits for weeks after it happens — is handling what we here at The Citadel call “HVs”: Honor Violations. In my academic neck of the woods that means plagiarism and lying (which …
Star-Spangled Banner meets Bob Dylan
I was fortunate to meet a clever fellow in graduate school named Kevin Cryderman. Very clever. Dauntingly clever, in fact. And then I found out he’s also a terrific musician and a hell of a nice guy (the show-off). Here he is singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” to the tune of …
A Grade Weekend
Not a Grade-A weekend, mind you. No, no. A weekend devoted to grading. Insert cheering here. Especially sad is that it’s Homecoming hereabouts. I’d much prefer enjoying the festivities than whipping out the red pen (and my students would probably be happier, too!). Not that I can enjoy too many …
New Monitor
The monitor that came with our creaky ol’ Dell desktop so many years ago still works, but I’ve been growing increasingly annoyed with its lack of screen space and its abundance of physical space. Ours was a tube-based monitor, you see: all clunky, heavy box, with a relatively wee little …