Really excited that the university is--again!--using athletics to bail out admissions. Coming soon: women's flag football. I'm sure that will solve our admission woes.
Went up to an adjunct I didn't know recent. "Hi. I'm First & Last Name." "Hello," he responded. "I'm Dr. Smith. What do you do here?"
"I'm the Dean of the college."
He smiles. "No. Really."
"Really, Dr. Smith. But I never introduce myself with a title. That's not my name."
On my drive to work today I saw a pick up truck with two stickers on its back window. One read, "Don't Follow Me: I Do Stupid Shit."
The other was a Trump sticker.
So noted, good sir.
I look forward to making fun of people who spend $34 (+ shipping!) on this premium t-shirt.
"Limited edition, let's do some simple addition/Fifty dollars for a T-shirt, that's just some ignorant bitch shit/I call that getting-swindled-and-pimped shit"
https://t.co/u1d4cEUZIV
I now really enjoy the angry tweets from former colleagues at my former institution. It's nice to know that their tomfuckery misery continues in my absence.
Full confession: I don't have any of my syllabi done, and I don't think I'm going to by the first day of classes either. Not as long as their is tequila in the house.
Okay, friends; I need to give a presentation for first year students about some things they should know about university.
Anyone want to share a tidbit of something they wish they would have known when they started college?
@anonymousprofs The right to free speech includes not speaking, and not being forced to say things. A professor in the US should know this. Twitter worked with the US government to throttle speech. Elon won’t. Why you exercising this right would tick off @elonmusk is beyond me.
Just arrived at a new gig and I’m surprised beyond measure that the provost is not a complete asshole and seems to be a kind human being. My last VPAA was so cold I was convinced she was a damn android.
Humanity in academic leadership is rare indeed.