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In Which I'm A Crazy Person, Or Graduate Assistantships and Being On the Market
So, even though countless people have told me that being on the academic job market is a full-time job. I've decided to apply for a graduate assistantship next year. It's through the library and a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Essentially, it's about alternative learning models that involve technology (I did my master's ( Read more... ) -
The TSA, Rationalization, and Impression Management
I started off my (Sociology of Jobs and Work) class today by talking about the TSA. It had little or nothing to with the day's reading, but it did relate to a couple of other issues we had discussed.
To my surprise, very few of the students had heard about the backscatter x-ray machines OR the enhanced pat-downs. One woman had been through the ( Read more... ) -
OFFICIAL RE-DEDICATION
I HEREBY DECLARE THIS A JOURNAL FOR MY RANTS AND RAVES ABOUT TEACHING, RESEARCH AND OTHER GRAD SCHOOL RELATED MATTERS, THAT I MIGHT ACTUALLY WRITE IN IT OCCASIONALLY. LET IT BE DONE.
I will not take offense if you unfriend me because of a distinct lack of interest in such matters.
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- 21:06 I find out tomorrow morning. #
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- 23:03 For all the ladies who want to bleed on cupcakes, poodles, or leopard print: tinyurl.com/5ue8s2 #
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- 14:25 Civilians. #
- 00:32 "Abortion harms women" nonsense is empirically unfounded: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28050494/from/ET/ #
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- 12:31 I suck at focusing. I should be making my student's final, but instead I'm planning a cool new idea for their first exam next semester. #
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- 11:57 NARAL is hiring a full-time organizer in Charlotte: www.prochoicenc.org/about/jobs.shtml #
- 12:18 Who's up for a delightfully creepy pre-xmas dance party? www.forgottensisterproductions.com/draculasdaughter/ #
- 23:38 Stephen Colbert is ripping the free market a new invisible rectum. #
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- 18:02 Got another committee member! #
