Blog Action Day: October 15
Posted in Education, Teaching on Aug 31st, 2007 26 Comments »
The Pissed Off Professor will be participating in Blog Action Day, and if you have an ounce of intellect, you will too.
Archive for August, 2007
The Fall Semester Begins
Posted in Adminstration, College, Education, Politics, Students, Teaching on Aug 29th, 2007 22 Comments »
New books—new pens—new lunch packs—new folders: ah, the start of a new semester. (These are my new things: I wonder what new things my students will have?)
California has a budget—that makes things a bit easier, but the shuffle, bustle, and confusion of the first and second class meetings are always a challenge.
This semester, we’ve [...]
Money Talks
Posted in College, Politics, Students, Teaching on Aug 22nd, 2007 25 Comments »
Like many Californians, I’ve been keeping my eye on the budget standoff—not because it’s a new phenomenon: it happens just about every year—but because of the impact it will have on my upcoming classes.
While sums of money too large to comprehend are spent on political campaigns and blowing people up, and those who refuse to [...]
All Ye, All Ye Outs in Free!
Posted in Education, Teaching, Writing on Aug 14th, 2007 28 Comments »
Last month, Gregory tagged me, and I’ve spent much of the time between then and now debating how I might respond.
First, thanks Gregory: even if you admitted to struggling with the names of blogs to mention, I think it’s cool that of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, [you] [...]
Now, We’re Getting Somewhere
Posted in College, Comparison/Contrast, Education, English, Students, Teaching, Writing on Aug 2nd, 2007 27 Comments »
From this morning’s AP wire:
California’s budget is again overdue, and education is at the heart of the delay. While one side refuses to allow more cuts in the area of education, the other is demanding more cuts be made. The result: the members of the state legislature are embroiled in a tug-of-war that [...]