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This is why I could never be a military historian
A big part of the reason I stopped watching the History Channel eons ago was that I grew tired of the constant assault of programming fixated on the Second World War. It seemed like there was always s… more →
Springtime for Dubcek ... and Slovakia!
This is why I could never be a military historian
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scootage81 wrote 2 weeks ago: A big part of the reason I stopped watching the History Channel eons ago was that I grew tired of th … more →
Applying myself
scootage81 wrote 1 month ago: The past two days I finally hunkered down and assembled applications for a whole slew of tenure-trac … more →
Harvard copes with budget cuts
scootage81 wrote 1 month ago: Lost amid the mindboggling reports of billions lost in Harvard’s endowment are the human impac … more →
Adventures in Google book search
scootage81 wrote 2 months ago: Not that most undergraduates are likely to get the memo, but Geoffrey Nunberg points out how Google … more →
Tips for freshmen
scootage81 wrote 3 months ago: The NYT has a feature today with professors offering short bits of advice to incoming college freshm … more →
Graduate school doesn't pay
scootage81 wrote 3 months ago: First, I would be quite glad if my grad student stipend were that high. I only hit that average if I … more →
Logic for grad students
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School's out
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scootage81 wrote 4 months ago: Finally, I’m done teaching, I’m now done grading, and for the next two months I have no … more →
Exploiting college athletes
scootage81 wrote 5 months ago: Several college football players are suing the NCAA over the use of their likenesses in licensed vid … more →
Teaching my ass off
scootage81 wrote 5 months ago: It’s been a while since I posted, mostly because I haven’t had the energy to do much of … more →
Course prepped
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scootage81 wrote 5 months ago: For probably about the past month, I’ve been doing my damnedest to write lectures and get as m … more →
Plotting
scootage81 wrote 6 months ago: Well, I managed to finish writing lectures and other course preparation for my class this quarter, w … more →
On almost making the grade
scootage81 wrote 7 months ago: Word came early last week in the form of a fairly impersonal letter that I didn’t get a nice, … more →
Lecturing
scootage81 wrote 8 months ago: To my surprise, I haven’t found writing lectures to be quite so difficult as I had feared. I … more →
Rethinking things
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scootage81 wrote 8 months ago: I guess there really is a reason why scholars teach. This week I’ve been writing lectures for … more →
Making college less attainable?
scootage81 wrote 8 months ago: Evidently the economy is encouraging more “need-blind” schools to look more favorably on … more →
It ain't over till the victorious worker sings
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scootage81 wrote 8 months ago: Chinese director He Nian is bringing Karl Marx’s heartrending story of oppression, exploitatio … more →
Marathon grading
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scootage81 wrote 8 months ago: As I was down to the last couple of papers last night, I began to wish I had kept a running blog of … more →
Grading blues
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scootage81 wrote 8 months ago: Sigh. It’s finals week, which means I get to grade papers for my seminar. I’ve been fort … more →
