Ah, spring break. The time of warm beaches, scantily-clad coeds, relaxation, and fun. Only not. I’m pretty sure spring break was invented for two reasons.– To give grad students time to catch up on grading/reading/research/eating/etc.– To be a form of punishment for grad students, to break their spirits even further so they become willing slaves [...]
I was having a good day, too. The terrible Economy has finally taken out its deeply repressed mommy problems on my little family. Sure, we’d gotten smacked around a little in the past; it took my husband six months to find a job that didn’t involve espresso after I moved us to this forsaken little [...]
I just had the best conversation ever with a former student. This girl is an international student form China who was in my Music 101 class last semester. We had several opportunities for students to share their musical talents over the course of the semester and she jumped on every chance, eager to share Chinese [...]
So often the wisdom of the world is expressed through targeted snarkiness. ((Click to enlarge – will take you to the Socks and Barney site)) The application to academia is obvious, I hope. This comic summarizes one of the biggest problems I have with academic writing. The way I see it, the point of research [...]
I heard a great story the other day that really made me laugh at the academic world. The story comes from India, and is a lesson for those who “live inside their head” too much. To summarize the beginning, there were four scholars who had been friends since childhood. Three were extraordinarily well educated in [...]
Breaking news for graduate students! Important information concerning a staple of the student diet has recently been uncovered. This just in: Roast Chicken flavored Ramen is way better than the regular Chicken flavor. More at 11.
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