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Tag Archives: higher education
Grading vortex
No matter how well I plan and no matter how hard I work, there comes a point in every semester when I am overwhelmed with grading. All teachers experience that moment when they stare at The Pile of papers in front … Continue reading
Posted in academia, higher education, procrastinating, productivity, students, teaching, Uncategorized, what professors do, work, writing
Tagged grading, higher education, teaching, what professors do, working, writing
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Students are people, too: When you’re the professor and the therapist and the career counselor…
Towards the end of last semester, a blog that I follow featured an essay entitled “I’m Your Professor Not Your Therapist.” In it, the author described feeling helpless and unprepared for dealing with students in crisis. The only advice offered … Continue reading
Posted in academia, grad school, higher education, schools, students, teaching, work
Tagged advising, higher education, students, the professoriate
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Forging ahead: reflections on the first non-grad school semester
The fall semester is grinding slowly to a halt. If you told me on the first day of classes how this semester would proceed (family ups and downs, moving our whole life, moving the kids from one school to another, … Continue reading
Posted in academia, dissertation, family, grad school, higher education, lessons learned, personal, productivity, teaching, work, writing
Tagged graduate school, higher education, lessons learned, writing
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