Changing the technology I use to teach
Last week I was beginning the process of preparing for next semester. I had some level of dissatisfaction with the …
Category Archives: Change
A step in the right direction
I have a new day job!!!! In higher ed!!!! Let me tell the story…. Anyone who has spent time in …
White-collar trade school?
A recent article in Fast Company got me thinking about how higher education works. The article, “How Web-Savvy Edupunks are …
Why are you going to grad school anyway?
Over the past few years I have focused much of this blog on efficiently getting through graduate school. Yet as …
The marginal utility of different graduate dates
2 years ago we refinanced our house in order to renovate our kitchen. Even after we were done we had …
I’m not dead, nor have I dropped out…
…although I’ve certainly been considering it. I had a hugely bad meeting with chair last monday. I was in tears …
Love or money? (in terms of careers that is…)
Should one choose a career for the love of the work or the money it provides?Should one choose a field …
Adviser and Mentor; Resolution
I’ve mentioned my situation before but I basically have Adviser (tenured, big name, well known, mostly admired although occasionally hated, …
New Year, new opportunities to get it right….
2007 didn’t go quite as I would have liked. I fell off the exercise and diet wagon, leading to I …
All in all a good few days….
Time for an update on all that has been going on: I was accepted for the fellowship I applied for …
