PHD = pressure, horror, and delusion

Creatively complaining! Start from the end and witness my adventure/horror unfold in grad school. More recent posts are more about teaching :)

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When I realize I signed up for too many conferences and committees...

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Planning vs executing your research

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When your whole class is filled with keeners, and everyone participates in discussion

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In a new classroom, when I can’t get the SmartBoard to work

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When a students pick their own paper topics and don’t discuss it with me

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Shutting down Islamophobic comments in my class

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Trying to decide whether to publish my article in a journal or edited volume .

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Trying to avoid talking about the election all semester in class

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omg...I’m back!

been busy with teaching and, well, teaching.

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Judging from grades, I imagine my students’ study habits like

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When I finally get my Interlibrary Loan book, and I can’t remember what the hell I wanted it for

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TBT!

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The trouble with teaching the same course/material in three sequential classes

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How I feel when I talk about “technology” to my students

like it’s something that they don’t see as normal as air

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After hearing myself on a live radio interview

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Graded first batch of papers, entered grades, and already student emailing me asking why she got the grade she did.

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When the first paper I sit down to grade is ALL plagiarized