#Teaching

Karl Grubaugh

kgrubaugh

A story ...In 1994, I was teaching U.S. history and American government at Oak Ridge HS in El Dorado Hills, California. I had three bright students who were my TAs.

Julian Waller

JulianWaller

There's a lot of doomerism going around about undermining shared symbols of American national identity ('cancelling' G. Washington/Lincoln, removing the anthem from public events/arguing for replacement, full end of teaching

˗ˏˋ Target Zuko 火 ˊˎ˗

PerfectPartner0

Some of y’all are about to be real mad at me, but it must be said.Why Kovu from Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride is the furry version of Zuko from

🦇 deep sea cryptid 🦇

swampflora

Seeing leftists dismiss the idea of theory being inaccessible again. As someone w/ disabilities that severely affect my ability to read, learn, & process information (among other things): yes, theory

Jody Greene

Jodyji

I often get asked about why college students are being assigned "more work" during the pandemic based on anecdotes. Since I have never met an instructor who sat down and

Woke Preacher Clips

WokePreacherTV

Watched Matt Chandler's latest sermon last week, "Ethnic Harmony," and there's a moment that's stuck in my craw. I know I'm gonna get dunked on for clipping it, because it

Living in Laa-Laa land

montygomery2020

#lockdown2021 This is Biff.This is Chip.This is Biff and Chip's homework.Biff and Chip are required to write down ten examples of fronted adverbials.Biff and Chip have not a fucking clue

Zoë Paramour

ZoeParamour

Ok teachers, here we go again. Online learning only this time it's colder, darker and there's no Tiger King to watch. Some tips for staying healthy over the next few

Jamaal Bowman

JamaalBowmanNY

A few years ago, I was driving home from my teaching job at an elementary school in the Bronx, on my way to pick up my 3-year-old son and wind

Chris Lebron

lebron_chris

1/ I have been writing publicly for 5 years. After the death of #TrayvonMartin I felt obligated to speak directly to as many Americans as I could. Below are the

Doug Brotherton

CoachBrotherton

The most under taught SKILL with player development trainings... DECISION MAKING!250+ days without being in the gym with our team, this has been the biggest gap for our players. A

Jennifer Polk, PhD

FromPhDtoLife

Every time I think through what needs to change for humanities PhDs (esp the kinds that take too long) to be good for all involved, I wind up, eventually, at

Tanya Lokot

tanyalokot

I don’t usually do end-of-year summaries, but... it’s been a tough year. So allow me and my impostor syndrome this thread. There’s also a broader point at the end, maybe.

Shannon Rotolo, PharmD

sweetchinchilla

Feedback I gave on a LOI draft this morning: Shorten the “why I like this program” paragraph, or move it to *after* the “why this program should like me” paragraph.You

Rohan Padhye

moarbugs

Folks on the academic job market: While there are many great guides about interviewing, probably not a lot cover "virtual" remote interviews, which you will soon be doing. Here are

Dr. Kelly Finn

Dolfinnk

A rant about “mentor style”. #academictwitter @academicchatterHonestly, "mentor style" is kinda BS, and an excuse for departments and PIs to blame bad mentorship on "incompatibilities" when really PIs should do

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