PhD in literary studies from Illinois. Assistant Teaching Professor of English at Penn State. Writing about violence in US literature and media. Roll Tide.
Jimmy to Mickey- I feel like this is a conversation we should have had before this happened. I dont feel like we did, which shows me how much you dont trust me and how much you trust the word of others more than what I have to say. The reason that's hurtful is I have prioritized our game and Triple Threat #BB27
me watching dr. will psychologically torment people on a studio lot in LA in 2001 vs. me watching dr. will psychologically torment people on an island in Panama in 2025 #DONDI
As an English instructor, I’ve never been more concerned about reading comprehension than I have during this SOS and OOC scheduling discussion. Never thought I’d be looking to fans of our SEC rival schools for the only other sane takes on this app, but here we are.
On GameDay, Saban asked Brian Kelly how he planned to contain Milroe. Apparently, the real answer was bringing in a caged tiger, screaming at the refs, and throwing trash on the field.
stages of grief today:
-crying
-sighing constantly
-pretending and then convincing myself that nothing happened
-getting irrationally angry
-rage napping
-looking into jobs overseas
-sighing constantly again
-doom scrolling
-eating a little treat and feeling slightly better
everyone is like “oh so you made your husband watch Pride and Prejudice with you for your birthday” but what they fail to consider is that this man LOVES that movie
Teaching writing and rhetoric is weird because one day it’s like “let’s painfully and methodically break down the mechanics of a complex sentence together” and then the next it’s “here’s an ethereal and complicated theory from ancient philosophy boiled down to a 20-minute talk”
@StudyReligion I teach college writing, and just this week I was using my REL training to talk to my students about how to fully and respectfully engage arguments they disagree with—considering factors like differing definitions, values, and underlying assumptions. Classification matters!