tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post2674024705056306350..comments2024-03-09T03:20:20.004-05:00Comments on Tenured Radical: Wednesday Evening Coming Down; Or, Things I Wish My Students KnewTenured Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05703980598547163290noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-60924176419769122007-10-23T11:16:00.000-05:002007-10-23T11:16:00.000-05:00Great advice! I just sent it to my son at Carleto...Great advice! I just sent it to my son at Carleton. Wish I had known this long ago . . . before the ice retreated . . . and left all those lakes in Minnesota.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-90741736327324960382007-10-19T17:13:00.000-05:002007-10-19T17:13:00.000-05:00One of the things I love most about my SLAC is tha...One of the things I love most about my SLAC is that the thank yous come more often than they did before. I treasure the personal notes, the huge grins on happy faces, the light bulb moments.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to link this to my class blog, and pass along the good vibes and basic truths.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849272391043604637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-83359022848848116712007-10-19T12:58:00.000-05:002007-10-19T12:58:00.000-05:00Good list.I am explicit in my syllabus that studen...Good list.<BR/><BR/>I am explicit in my syllabus that students can't expect a reply from e-mail until after 24 hours. This helped end the notion that I was constantly "on-call" to answer all of their questions. It also helped cut down (but never eliminated) e-mails at 8:00 pm that asked for help on the paper that was due at 10:00 am the next morning.GayProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289510184782252498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-15351733635038186492007-10-18T11:33:00.000-05:002007-10-18T11:33:00.000-05:00So true! This is a wonderful encapsulation of the ...So true! This is a wonderful encapsulation of the things I wish my students knew, too. The only one I would add is this (perhaps more relevant to my context, where discussion classes are rare and students often feel vulnerable in them): <BR/><BR/>Class discussion is for brainstorming. You don't have to have a perfectly-formulated, blazingly-articulate comment in order to contribute. The whole point is to work it out in a process of multilateral debate and refinement.squadratomagicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977502780584567298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-62861587414367924592007-10-18T04:16:00.000-05:002007-10-18T04:16:00.000-05:00Okay, yes, sure, it's morning (a very difficult ti...Okay, yes, sure, it's morning (a very difficult time for me), and I was bleary to begin with (thank you, Francis Bacon), and a glance at the calendar tells me there's probably something about hormones, but still: <BR/><BR/>This post made me cry. <BR/><BR/>I am constantly reminded of how blessed I was to be at Zenith, and while I'm glad I'm not there anymore, I feel so warmly about the place that I wish it was possible to hug entire institutions. And your attitude in this post (and the activities, antic or otherwise, of your amazing students) is exactly the kind of thing that made that place so nurturing, so warm. There are a lot of us who were saved, in one way or another, by that atmosphere. (Some people get Jesus, I got rigorous, radical exercises in hard thinking and the occasional bout of intellectual debauchery in the welcoming company of hilarious, kind, generous, blindingly smart people.)<BR/><BR/>In brief: rock on, Radical.moriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390704103460109691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-51640061037078338332007-10-17T21:16:00.000-05:002007-10-17T21:16:00.000-05:00We must be having the same kind of week. I am feel...We must be having the same kind of week. I am feeling quite appreciative of my students today. <BR/><BR/>And I am still laughing about the lame kleenex joke.Lesboprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09249806181782620274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-46093841425575852362007-10-17T19:32:00.000-05:002007-10-17T19:32:00.000-05:00What a nice post.Every so often, the local newspap...What a nice post.<BR/><BR/>Every so often, the local newspaper does an article on the volunteer hours our students put into our community, and it's astounding, totally astounding.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.com