tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post4186627536451650797..comments2023-06-11T02:19:27.429-07:00Comments on Academic Cog: Bullets of the Week in Review: Or, There But for the Grace of Cog Go ISisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-46705189997075062242008-05-31T21:33:00.000-07:002008-05-31T21:33:00.000-07:00Well, like I said, they're not there any more, but...Well, like I said, they're not there any more, but you want a dirty green duffel bag? I think I can pull that one out from the depths. They were all jobs like "paralegal" and "SAT prep tutor" anyway...kermitthefroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15742856153167362749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-36171897984760810262008-05-31T10:45:00.000-07:002008-05-31T10:45:00.000-07:00Ooh, I totally want to see your reconstructed list...Ooh, I totally want to see your reconstructed list. It was something like 50%, right? Or lower?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251183878456183863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-74871470403636098022008-05-31T10:39:00.000-07:002008-05-31T10:39:00.000-07:00Update: 7 papers graded last night, and I just did...Update: 7 papers graded last night, and I just did 9 more this morning. Now I'm going to take a walk and a brief blogging break.<BR/><BR/>Porpentine: the short answer is, "because my advisor said so." Besides, there's 20-page chapters, and then there's 8-pagers, which wouldn't pass anyone's test, eh? <BR/><BR/>Kermit, now I know who stole all my jobs last year! Bad grad student! Put them back, I say! <BR/><BR/>Kfluff and k8, since my dept. is just listing the names of all the people who got jobs and where, it's technically not using statistics at all. But there are many interesting clues to be found in a close reading of that document, to be sure.<BR/><BR/>And you all may or may not remember that this is my group of students who did not believe feminism was a social movement, or that social movements exist: they are just a lot of individuals doing their own thing who just happen to all be doing it the same way at the same time. So I've made huge progress, especially considering that you wouldn't get that much change in just 10 weeks. We didn't work on their crappy writing at all, due to the structure (and easiness) of the class, but they are starting to see these issues all around them, even if they can't analyze them much.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-1310172674344796352008-05-31T07:43:00.000-07:002008-05-31T07:43:00.000-07:00I love that a humanities department is using stati...I love that a humanities department is using statistics "creatively." <BR/><BR/>I also love your students' belief in their own exceptionalism. I guess they've made a first step, but they have a way to go.k8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07547334819703279971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-3562772198443199492008-05-31T07:42:00.000-07:002008-05-31T07:42:00.000-07:00On the contrary, I have hoarded jobs under my bed ...On the contrary, I have hoarded jobs under my bed many a time! Unfortunately, they were all stolen away, leaving nothing but dust and luggage.kermitthefroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15742856153167362749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-56240522447213972842008-05-31T05:27:00.000-07:002008-05-31T05:27:00.000-07:00Hee. I love that move that students make, intelle...Hee. I love that move that students make, intellectually: "well sure, everyone else is a slave to culture, but not me! I am a unique and self-creating individual! yay me!" This is when I generally pull out the Fight Club line: "right, and you're also the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world." <BR/><BR/>And FYI, my institution counted postdocs as well. Even a few that were internal, which I think is just ludicrous.kfluffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09067013188119828400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-63715233219322491742008-05-30T18:33:00.000-07:002008-05-30T18:33:00.000-07:00Is there any reason why the chapter has to be 50 p...Is there any reason why the chapter <I>has</I> to be 50 pages? Mine were all in the 25-to-30 page range and they gave me a PhD anyway.<BR/><BR/>And you totally have fans, and deserve them :)Fretful Porpentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165078003123517013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-90148700512442172192008-05-30T18:28:00.000-07:002008-05-30T18:28:00.000-07:00Yay for students beginning to catch clues! I love...Yay for students beginning to catch clues! I love how people can accept that there is identity formation without thinking of how forces may work to form said identity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com