David Wright

Poet, writer, and Assoc Prof of English @monmouthcollege. Poems in @32poems @BarrenMagazine @Image_Journal @SRPR_News

[Claire Honeycutt | ClarifiED 🕊️❤️ @HippyMomPhD]

In college, I had to take an anthropology class (outside my major - I didn't want to)

The prof LOVED his subject. He told stories of ancient peoples & his experiences running about central america. The class was riveting & I never missed a class.

I didn't change my major, but TO THIS DAY I remember it & what he taught me.

His class are more vivid in my mind than most of the profs in my own major.

There is a lesson here.

You have to LOVE what you do. Tell it like a story. Make it impossible to ignore -- and you influence lives decades later.

[David Wright @sweatervestboy]

@benjohansen3 My colleagues and I had a grant terminated in this process. No explanation.

[David Wright @sweatervestboy]

@courtneyellis Please write an essay or poem called The Gentle Phlebotomist”

[David Wright @sweatervestboy]

@whoismrzero @adamtotscomix How are you at adapting and maintaining databases of information tailored for particular purposes and users, then building the educational capacity to help patrons be able to navigate those databases?

[David Wright @sweatervestboy]

@twinnmama6 @adamtotscomix Necessary workers. And their knees and hands are gone after about 10-15 years

[David Wright @sweatervestboy]

@NC_Renic @pannapacker Or grading

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Indiana Jones is a fantasy about being a professor with no admin duties

[David Wright @sweatervestboy]

@courtneyellis To be fair, toes are stupid

[David Wright @sweatervestboy]

@NoodlemanHomer @aliciaandrz I told that to Rocket Mortgage and they weren’t having it. So I wrote them a sonnet. Also not having it. So now I’m teaching a double overload. They like me much better now.

[David Wright @sweatervestboy]

@belzpoems I still have my wood-fired charger for that one

[David Wright @sweatervestboy]

@NotNowNicole @poetrymagazine What fabulous news!

[David Wright @sweatervestboy]

@courtneyellis I would like to say that I’m
ashamed

[William Pannapacker @pannapacker]

Most students can be replaced by AI, also.

[Associate Deans @ass_deans]

The new art in your building was selected by the dean. He sees these works in his frequent stays at Holiday Inn Express, so he is certain the artist is prominent and well-known.

[David Wright @sweatervestboy]

@pannapacker Hard to AI that one

[Associate Deans @ass_deans]

When we said we simplified the process, we meant for us. It should became a lot harder for you. Good luck!

[Associate Deans @ass_deans]

We hired a new dean and more staff in the college so we’ll need you to do more work.

[David Wright @sweatervestboy]

@pannapacker A couple of very local churches of which I used to be a member. It’s the only scale of community I can begin to believe in.

[William Pannapacker @pannapacker]

There should be a concept like "Bowen's Law" to describe the following reality in higher education:

Everything can be cut before administration, sports, landscaping, dorm amenities, and marketing.

The academic program is superfluous. Faculty are sheep. They get slaughtered, every time.