Posted by: Professor Anonymous on: 31 December 2008
This new year, I’m not sure if I’ll be staying through the Fall in my adjunct position or if I’ll find another place to teach, another venue to enter… but I do have some resolutions for this upcoming Spring Semester. And they should transfer over into wherever I teach in 2009.
I resolve to:
*Stay on top [...]
Posted by: Professor Anonymous on: 30 December 2008
Lesson learned: When you enjoy the misery of others on a cable TV program, you wake up with a blinding headache and simultaneous lady-bit cramps that teach you to cower in the face of payback.
To do: Convince brain not to explode in my skull. I just don’t have the energy to clean up that type [...]
Posted by: Professor Anonymous on: 29 December 2008
Watching my favorite Monday night show.
For some reason watching others fuck up their lives to such an immense degree makes me feel a little less like a loser.
Sure, I’m a part time professor who’s treated like a kid at work and paid like an illegal immigrant, and the job market is thin to threadbare, and [...]
Posted by: Professor Anonymous on: 28 December 2008
How can I be preparing myself and procrastinating at the same time? Oh, it’s so easy with the trusty internet and a blog at your side.
I should be mangling my C.V. and researching exactly which counties I want to apply to for a possible future teaching position. I should be snooping about for private schools [...]
Posted by: Professor Anonymous on: 28 December 2008
It’s close to the New Year.
That magical time when you feel a rebirth of time, your life is peeled back by another layer and the bright shiny underneath empowers you with a sense of imminent accomplishment.
This coming year, I will be a better teacher.
I will learn to rule with discipline and confidence, rather than undermining [...]
Posted by: Professor Anonymous on: 27 December 2008
The blog has gotten a make-over.
I’ve been feeling a bit guilty that I’ve let my previous year self down and really haven’t posted every day this year about my student endeavors.
This is my do-over, my new attempt to stay in touch with the academic side of things.
It’s about two weeks before I start another semester, [...]
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