Day 3, Wednesday. Kids back to school, but buses running late so off to a late start today.7:00am: Wake up, coffee. Wait with son at bus stop until 7:45 (bus 30 minutes late)To 8:30am: Shower, dress, eat.To 9:00am: Check email, packTo 10:00am: Stop at dry cleaners, post office on way to office10:00am: Arrive at officeContinueContinue reading “Day in the Life, Day 3”
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Day in the Life of a Tenured Professor, Day 2
Day 2, Tuesday. Historic day: First half-Kenyan to be inaugurated as President of the United States. Is the dream still alive?Had an inch of snow overnight, so kids home from school because of school closure, and university opening is delayed until 10:30a — for some folks. Not me.6:15am: Wake up, coffee, shower, dress, read SundayContinueContinue reading “Day in the Life of a Tenured Professor, Day 2”
Day 1 Work Log
What is a week in the life of a slappy tenured professor like? Here’s Day 1, Monday. Kids home from school because of Martin Luther King Holiday so was able to sleep in:8:00am: Wake up, coffee, shower, dress8:45am: Quick check of emails and pack up computer and work stuff9:00am: Drive to indoor tennis center andContinueContinue reading “Day 1 Work Log”
Tenure!!!
The follower of this sporadically updated blog will notice a change in its title and description. These changes reflect the fact that I earned TENURE in the spring of 2008 and was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor effective last July. The landmark moments in the life of an academic are few, but allContinueContinue reading “Tenure!!!”
U.S. Airways – Basically a Trailways Bus in the Air
$537.50 Round trip ticket from Greensboro to Washington DC $161.09 One night at Airway Inn at LaGuardia because of missed connection on return flight. (Outbound LGA flight, knowing that they were the last flight to GSO that night and knowing that I was on my way and 5 minutes late, departed anyway) $ 25.00 AdditionalContinueContinue reading “U.S. Airways – Basically a Trailways Bus in the Air”
Why are my students so DOUR?
Dour. If I had to use one word to describe my students, that would be it. Maybe I’ve already blogged about this. I can’t remember. But it bears repeating. On more than one occasion, I have looked out at a room full of students and yelled, “Why are you so DOUR? You have EVERYTHING!” IContinueContinue reading “Why are my students so DOUR?”
Sarah Palin’s Kids’ Ridiculous Names
I really am closed-minded when it comes to kids names. I like names that connect kids to historic traditions, rather than ones that signify the child’s uniqueness in the world. So, obviously, Sarah Palin’s kids’ ridiculous names are another reason I won’t be voting for McCain-Palin in November. Track, Trig, Bristol, Willow, and Piper. UsingContinueContinue reading “Sarah Palin’s Kids’ Ridiculous Names”
Frump and Circumstance
At the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association meeting in Toronto in August 1997, I was riding the escalator down into the atrium of the conference hotel with my fellow sociology graduate students Josh Rossol and Black Hawk Hancock. Black Hawk noticed alot of people milling around, so he turned to Josh and meContinueContinue reading “Frump and Circumstance”
Work Hard, Play Hard?
Many students at elite colleges and universities in the United States adhere to the motto, “Work Hard, Play Hard.” I tell my students applying this motto to higher education creates a false dichotomy between work and play. I insist that my courses will require them to work, to be sure, but that we will haveContinueContinue reading “Work Hard, Play Hard?”
No Poor Folks at Wake Forest
According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, of the 75 wealthiest private universities in the United States (those with endowments of $500 million or more), Wake Forest University ranks 74th (second to last) in the proportion of undergraduates who receive Pell Grants. This is a rough measure of the proportion of students who are lowContinueContinue reading “No Poor Folks at Wake Forest”