Alyssa Jorgensen

English M.A.; victim of meme marketing; I think about Prufrock a lot.

[Χριστόφορος @grnpointer]

They're calling it the worst chart of all time

[Nate Wolff @proffwolff]

Herman Melville: ADDICTED TO WIKIPEDIA

[jon repetti @pourfairelevide]

The extent to which Whitman would also be addicted to Internet porn cannot be overstated

[jon repetti @pourfairelevide]

if you become an academic and literature ceases to move you, that’s just a major skill issue and you should quit your job, sorry

[John Attridge @John_Attridge]

The reading for my class is one novel per week but it's the same one every time and students have to reread it until they get it right

[Jonathan Fine @jonathanbfine]

One thing I try to make clear to TAs is that in any grading dispute I support them. Doesn’t matter if I would have given pity points where the TA didn’t. If the TA is operating reasonably within the norms of the discipline, faculty should back them up.

[Alyssa Jorgensen @jorgensenAC]

Given that the instructor cited “learning goals” in their feedback, it is also likely that an expectation of empirical evidence was explicitly outlined in a syllabus or LMS. Students should be expected to interpret instructions with such expectations in mind.

[Alyssa Jorgensen @jorgensenAC]

I’ve seen arguments that the essay should not have received a 0 given the rubric, but the instructions made it clear that the purpose of the assignment was to demonstrate engagement with the article and that essay simply did not do that (hence, a 0 for incompleteness).

[Alyssa Jorgensen @jorgensenAC]

Given the parameters of the assignment, the student could have cited specific sections of the paper (with proper APA citations) and then tied that information back to their own experiences as a Christian. Simply spouting personal theology does not fulfill this requirement.

[Alex Moskowitz @alexrmoskowitz]

on the other hand, it is ghoulish to expect that specialized knowledge production should be read by and legible to everyone

[Alyssa Jorgensen @jorgensenAC]

Told my students I was getting observed today and they told me I was cooked

[Alyssa Jorgensen @jorgensenAC]

Reading Leaves of Grass on the elliptical but trying not to be performative about it

[matty matt @noetic_emetic]

poststructuralist

[F♯A♯∞, fka ☕️ @coopercooperco]

Well, at least I’m 100% positive my favorite author, Thomas Pynchon, never did anything weird or gross. Time to move him further up the pedestal.

[Alyssa Jorgensen @jorgensenAC]

In two months time,there will be William Burroughs discourse like no William Burroughs discourse has ever discoursed before.

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

Luca Guadagnino’s ‘QUEER’ will be released in limited theaters on November 27.

Starring Daniel Craig & Drew Starkey.

[Judith Butler Bible Thumper @philosophysux]

Five year plan:
1. party and skim the sacred texts
2. party and skim the sacred texts
3. party and skim the sacred texts
4. party and skim the sacred texts
5. apocalypse

[John Attridge @John_Attridge]

nobody will remember:
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked

they will remember:
- the taste of a madeleine dipped in tea
- the tinkling of a spoon against a plate
- the feel of an uneven cobblestone

[Alyssa Jorgensen @jorgensenAC]

Tahoma!?

[Enazhi Carpet Weed @AuntyCarpetWeed]

My sisters who’s in highschool got assigned a research paper by her world history teacher and these the questions yall 💀

[pellucid dreamer @CHRISF0GLE]

Oh boy do I have a book for you