Ami

Reader, professor, traveler, faller-downer.

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

Hell hath no fury like a professor with full dropboxes and sketchy Wi-Fi. #ProfLife #ProfConfessions #PassTheWine

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

In today’s nerdy news, I’m giving my #literature students an introductory lecture about @neilhimself written by #ChatGPT and asking them to evaluate the accuracy and value of that material based on their reading so far. I think I’m going to call it “Gaiman and the Machine.”

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

After conducting numerous scientific studies for the benefit of humanity, I can confirm for you that pancakes always taste better in the mountains. #Facts #TennesseeAutumn

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

Tonight I had the great privilege of taking our #studyabroad students to see a play at the @AbbeyTheatre in #Dublin. My students thought @neilhimself was sitting right behind us. It wasn’t him, but now I feel like my nerdy work is complete. #ProfLife #ProfConfessions

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

Dear @neilhimself: My @tncis #Ireland #studyabroad students love reading #TheOceanAtTheEndOfTheLane in our fantasy and folklore unit. Thank you!
#ThanksNeil #Literature #ProfLife

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

It's been a rough 2 years, but today I had the privilege of congratulating students who have been awarded a scholarship to #StudyAbroad with @tncis this summer. It gave me great nerdy joy and I very much look forward to doing it again in the future. #ProfLife

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

ProTip: Don't proofread your own work. Let your students do it for you so they can interrupt your lecture and call you out in front of the whole class. 😂

#ProfLife #ProfConfessions

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

I was feeling nostalgic, so I made the world's ugliest scones. They're definitely not up to the quality of an Irish grandmother's, but they'll do until I can have the real thing...preferably in a castle with a lovely cup of tea.

#GameOfScones

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@CollegeShopTalk @lawisejr @volstatecampus @CollegeSystemTN @tncis Thank you, Barbara! It was a joy to have you in class. I always looked forward to reading your work. I hope you're doing well and continuing to do work that you believe in!

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

I've been chasing the dream of creating a kinder, gentler syllabus that also keeps me from LOSING MY EVER LOVING MIND during these trying times.

I think that dream is officially dead. 😂

#ProfLife #ProfConfessions

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

The great thing about #teaching during these challenging times is that I haven't had to make many updates to my day one presentation.

#ProfLife #ProfConfessions

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

Horses in a winter wonderland, bunny tracks in the snow, and a #FantasyFootballChampionship. My plan to #HaveAnAdequate2022 is off to an adequate start.

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

@neilhimself Thank you, and thank you a million times over for your work.

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

I really appreciate all of the good wishes to, "Have a wonderful 2022," but I'll happily settle for an adequate 2022. A plain old satisfactory C+ kind of year sounds absolutely delightful. 😂

#LowerYourExpectations
#ProfConfessions
#HaveAnAdequate2022

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

Art has sustained and maybe even saved me over the past year. As we head into 2022, I hope that those who can do so continue to #MakeGoodArt and that the rest of us continue to let it save us.

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

We unexpectedly lost my Dad this year.

It nearly killed me.

At the funeral, I kept thinking about the narrator's words in #TheOceanAtTheEndOfTheLane by @neilhimself: "I was wearing the right clothes for a hard day." I gained a new layer of appreciation for the novel.

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In which I talk a lot about #CommunityCollegeTeaching and #StudyAbroad with @tncis and a little about why college students should read @neilhimself.

https://t.co/RiLUDFRHQK

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

Did anybody else just try on their regalia for the first time since before Covid and breathe a huge sigh of relief because it still fits?

#AskingForAFriend #ProfConfessions #ProfLife

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

@AureliaMcginley I was nowhere near as funny as I thought I was, apparently. 😂

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

If you really want to see a Southerner's head explode, make biscuits in a cast iron skillet and then jokingly ask if you can put said cast iron skillet in the dishwasher. 😂

#AskMeHowIKnow

[Ami @ProfessorAmiM]

Old life goal: Publish book.

New life goal: Publish book and use the Reading Guide to call out all of the doubters. 😂