#flashdoggy

[magpie-69]

Would you know if Instructorwolfie has left Tumblr permanently or is just taking a break?

Hi @flashdoggy Unfortunately, I don't know his plans regarding Tumblr. I'm sorry, I wish I could be more help, but if I hear anything I'll let you know 👍 Thanks for the ask 😊

'Pie

19/10/22

10/19/22

[sordidgoddess]

Ask Game, but I can't do just one word. I can do a phrase, though, and that's 'advocate for the underdog. ' it's one of the things I appreciate most about you.

Oh wow, thank you so much, @flashdoggy!  That means a lot coming from you! 

[rhysiana]

flashdoggy replied to your post: randompersonalannouncement replied to your post:...

   The best history professors tell it as stories of everyday life. They bring in the foods and the music, the clothes, the art, the literature, the architecture, the religions and politics, and then they relate it all back to the people existing in the time. A good history professor can inspire you to get a second degree in history!   

That’s certainly the ideal, yes. I think a lot of it has to do with how interdisciplinary the institution allows its profs to be. At the small liberal arts college I graduated from, there was a lot of freedom in course design. At the R1 institution where I worked in administration, there was a lot of pressure to always be working on publishable research at the glittering forefront of subdisciplinary jargon, plus, you know, also teach some classes.

Another presentation I went to was by a guy (from a different university) arguing that interdisciplinary study was necessary to really understand history, as you point out, and used the example of how they figured out the origins of Japanese encephalitis, (pigs being raised in close proximity to large population centers, which allowed mosquitoes to bite the pigs and then then people) because it required knowledge of epidemiology (mosquito transmission), agriculture (pig farming), and history (when pigs were introduced to Japan) to make all the necessary connections. It was one of my favorite talks the whole time I worked there. Much more in line with my SLAC experience, and certainly how I tried to teach when I could get away with it in grad school.

[ballsballsbowls]

flashdoggy replied to your post “@wordcubed - if you want to discuss what’s more “natural” in terms of...”

Yes, even the name Premarin comes from "pregnant mare's urine".

It’s not even subtle. It’s like they REALLY needed you to know it’s horse urine.