JMc

Philosophy Prof & Director of Honors Program. Trying to teach students how to think, read & write and have fulfilling lives.

[JMc @mccrickerd]

To the extent I've been successful in my professional career it's because of the guidance & role models of Carl Wellman, Ron Troyer, Wanda Everage and John Burney.

So many thanks to them for being good human beings, supportive & folks I hope to emulate to some degree

#mentors

[JMc @mccrickerd]

watched *This is Going to Hurt* yesterday. A great show but watching overworked physicians made me feel very guilty for not being nearly as overworked.

[JMc @mccrickerd]

@megbasham I'm assuming his preferred pronouns are 'he/him' because those are the pronouns you used to refer to him

[JMc @mccrickerd]

@megbasham by telling people his preferred pronouns?

Is he wrestling with his identity & so feels uncomfortable sharing?

Folks aren't asking for gender identity; they're just asking what about the preference is, kind of like asking if folks have nicknames they'd prefer to their given name

[JMc @mccrickerd]

worst part of holiday season for this introvert is finding out about the holiday gatherings I wasn't invited to & wouldn't have particularly wanted to go to...

...and feeling quite rejected

[Dr. Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755 on lots o’ platforms) @jbf1755]

Dorothy Parker would slay.
Hamilton would have gotten himself killed before 1804.
Benjamin Franklin would be quippy.
Teddy Roosevelt would be all bluster.
Jefferson would have Madison tweet for him.

[JMc @mccrickerd]

anyone else go to bed each night with a list of all the ways you fell short of your ideal self in human interactions?

my tendency to do this might explain my resistance to spending time with others

[JMc @mccrickerd]

someone robbed a bank on Martha's Vineyard? It's an island and not a Hawaii kind of island.

It's 9mi wide and 26mi long. AND, it's off-season so few people will be there.

I'm going to go out on a limb h say these robbers are not the brightest.

[The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe]

State Police are airlifting K-9 police dogs to Martha’s Vineyard to assist the FBI and local police searching for three armed suspects who tied up the staff and then robbed a Rockland Trust branch in Vineyard Haven Thursday. https://t.co/8mlembze6M

[JMc @mccrickerd]

I'm amazed at how much I can get done when I'm avoiding one particular task

[David Perell @david_perell]

If I could send every student to one writing class, this would be it.

Good article by @jasonfried.

[JMc @mccrickerd]

the emotional energy needed (for only me?) to be a professor is larger than non-teachers would imagine

[RailroadedUnderground @RailroadUnderg1]

My roommate was recently released after serving 27 years in prison for petty theft. He never broke the rules while inside, so that means he has never used a cellphone. He came home to find out our entire lives exist on this device. 📲🧵

[Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) @rbthisted]

"A smattering of other signs suggest that the #humanities might be staging at least a small comeback" at colleges and universities: https://t.co/rofVnTcWBO

[JMc @mccrickerd]

feeling very accomplished for having commented on 1 paper this morning.

And am now resisting rewarding myself by taking the rest of the weekend off 🙄

[JMc @mccrickerd]

student today told me that their classes are getting in the way of learning, that there's too much material given the amount of time.

And this is not a student who is prioritizing social activities but one who loves to learn.

[Ashley the Ologist 🦉 @TheAngryOlogist]

My favorite useless fact is that the guy who proposed modern Daylight Savings Time was an entomologist from New Zealand who wanted the extra daylight to catch bugs. That’s all.

[JMc @mccrickerd]

@mhdksafa 👋

[JMc @mccrickerd]

after reading Malcolm X's autobiography for my class, student is interested to learn more about Islam. So, that's a win

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Christianity should look like a preoccupation with loving others as ourselves, not an obsession with how others are not abiding by our own personal beliefs and how they should conform immediately.

[JMc @mccrickerd]

y'know that feeling when you're playing a game & you stop caring if you win & just want it to be done? that's my current feeling about this semester.

[JMc @mccrickerd]

contemplating the claim that most leaders (& I see teachers as leaders) are either good at "strategy" or relationships but rarely both. This rings true for me & helps me better understand what I need to work on