Fat in the Classroom: What would you teach?
This is the (Right?)Bodies week in my class, and tomorrow we’re going over fat. I’ve given this lecture many times over the past year so I already have my plans made for tomorrow, but I thought in light of how active the fat blogging community has become in recent months I’d throw this out […]
Popeye approved.
When students (or faculty, or anyone) asks me to slow down my speaking, I invariably use one of two excuses: I’ve lived in New England for the past few years, or my mother is from New York so that’s where I picked it up.
Today was the start of the semester (for me) with my […]
Professor what?
I received an email this afternoon informing me that I should get on top of requesting materials for my course this fall. Instead of taking the “Professor Director” bit as just part of their auto-emailing, I’m electing to view it as them just thinking I’m really that awesome.
That, or foreshadowing. Either of which is fine […]
2007: Resolutions are for losers
Okay, not really, but I like what Dreama did over at Random Again, so I’m copying. I’ve never been really big on the whole resolutions thing, but I think it’s nice to think about things that may be coming ahead. So, in her words, “in 2007, I will do the following things. As always, these […]
How not to write an exam
Below is an (edited, so as not to spoil the fun for my students) exam item I nearly missed when I sent in the final exam I’d just finished to my professor.
1. Define “babbling idiot”.
a. one who talks incessantly but intelligently
b. one who talks incessantly without logic, reason or sense
c. one who speaks rarely, but […]
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Sheepish Wednesday
After spending the morning grading extra credit responses, I rewarded myself by an hour or so of mindless surfing and livejournalling. The hot new thing - at least for my friends - seems to be Twitter. I’m still not sure I’m entirely clear on the purpose, other than that, used in conjunction with Google Talk, […]
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Auto-pilot
I think I’ve finally achieved what has eluded me for the past four years: life on auto-pilot. While it doesn’t seem that great, I managed to make it through a pretty rough weekend - two days of training separated by a lovely day of academic work - relatively unscathed. Granted, last night I had nightmares […]
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New shoes
After my first day of work, I’ve learned something very important. I can’t wear flip-flops to work, but I also can’t be the only person walking around in dress slacks and heels.
So, we made a trip today to the local affordable haberdashery (er, Payless) and I picked up these puppies. I was torn between […]
The criticisms of my students would serve as a good warning to visitors of Seeworthy: she talks too fast, she's too hard on us, she assigns too much work, and you have to be a dyke to get a good grade.
In other words, I'm a big, fat, queer, feminist meanie, and I am totally out to get you. Graaagh!
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