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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 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 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 95: A bit about rage

April 28, 2017 phillbizarre motivational Phill

I often tell people that I keep an even keel because that’s who I am. And it’s true, I don’t take things that hard. Except that I take things really hard. I’m just good at[…]

Day 93: Quick Hitter: Getting Old v2 "Them New Glasses, Tho"

April 26, 2017 phillbizarre motivational Phill

So today the first of a few pair of glasses with my new prescription came (because I buy my glasses in the mail. Go to fetcheyewear.com and help a poor animal). When I put them[…]

Day 91: The Failure Proposition

April 23, 2017 phillbizarre motivational Phill

This is my reduced teaching philosophy, if I needed a short one: We learn by failing and trying again. We lost that in academia a long time ago, and now everyone needs to get their[…]

Day 89: I'm not every Cherokee

April 21, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

In fact, I’m not enrolled, because like a countless number of my ancestors, the roots of my line fled relocation via the Trail of Tears, so I can’t ever be part of the “official” tribe[…]

Day 87: When Learning Isn't What You Thought It Was

April 20, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I’ve taken a number of classes on pedagogy, and I’ve taken more classes still that involved reading theory. I now teach classes that use theory, and I sometimes help train people in how to teach.[…]

Day 84: Lies my "parents" told me part III: The Ol' Master's Tools argument

April 16, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

So once upon a time, Audre Lorde, an amazing scholar and thinker, said this. In the process, ironically, someone who was not part of the “Master” construction which she was critiquing (this is something many[…]