Armchair phillosophy – Page 9

Day 113: Lies My Parents Told Me III: sort of not a lie as much as an expectation

May 15, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I think I’ve been pretty brutally honest about how my graduate education went. There were some really, really high points. I met some amazing people. I found my soul mate. I did what I think[…]

Day 112: On the second day of graduation, what I wish I'd been told when I left my undergrad experience

May 14, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

This is a little different version of the last post I made. Most of my students are NOT going to graduate school. Most of them are leaving academia to be in a field. For any[…]

Day 111: On graduation day, my advice to those students flying off on their own

May 14, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Time for a top 10 list. As Miami watches the class of 2017 disperse off into the world to do the amazing things they will do, I want to offer my last little bit of[…]

Day 110: Nothing pulls it all together like an article on Inside HigherEd

May 12, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

So this one made the rounds today. I want to respond to it, mostly because two times this week I talked about academic bullying in varied contexts, and it’s not a new topic at all[…]

Day 106: Continuing my reflection from yesterday Re: The Lost

May 8, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I was thinking about my short-but-not-sweet post yesterday as I was falling asleep, and it occurred to me that a little more explanation might be worth putting to screen. So allow me to expand on[…]

Day 102: Crying at the Movies

May 5, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Tonight, I saw Guardians of the Galaxy with my wife. There were a few real tearjerker scenes in the film, but the one that got me the most was (spoilers if you haven’t seen the[…]

Day 101: For the benefit of those with flash photography

May 4, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

This was the last meeting day for a couple of my classes. I told each of them that I felt like this was a bad semester. I stand by that. The general emotional state of[…]

Day 100: Seriously? 100 days? On tenacity.

May 2, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

A pair of quotes to start keeping it 100: “What, me worry? Nah, buddy, I’ve lost before, so what?/You don’t get it, I’m dirt, motherfucker, I can’t be crushed” -El P, Run the Jewels 3:[…]

Day 99: 99 Problems (a list throwback)

May 1, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

The last time I maintained a regular blog was for a WRA 150 class I taught at Michigan State which I themed around the ideas of lists and tagging. I used High Fidelity, and I[…]

Day 96: The First 100 Days

April 29, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

My world has changed. I’m somehow more resolute. This is the first time I’ve managed to blog every day for a consistent amount of time. I think I might actually make my 365 day goal,[…]