tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post8384239380435645085..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Graduate School WoesJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-28215928864210134062011-04-26T00:09:23.894-05:002011-04-26T00:09:23.894-05:00I never had a class with DH, so I was spared his H...I never had a class with DH, so I was spared his Heideggerisms, I guess! The German Department folks I worked with (Berman, Wellbery, Müller-Völlmer) had all read MH, of course, but were not unduly influenced by him. (As for me, I was Nietzschified in those days.)Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-12271815172953925682011-04-25T17:27:09.076-05:002011-04-25T17:27:09.076-05:00His name was David Halliburton.His name was David Halliburton.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-90466915257954772892011-04-25T15:10:44.257-05:002011-04-25T15:10:44.257-05:00I'm wondering who the Heideggerian was; I don&...I'm wondering who the Heideggerian was; I don't remember any Heideggerians from my classes during the same years (I started out in German before ending up in English, for my BA, in 87.)Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-54698152837883490102011-04-25T11:55:07.803-05:002011-04-25T11:55:07.803-05:00Yes, I'm from around then too, although I didn...Yes, I'm from around then too, although I didn't meet JF in person until around 88 or so and never saw her speak Spanish ... but I'd heard throughout the 60s and 70s from the older guys that she was Mean, thought they were just sour grapesing because they were a little freaky generally around non conservative non Spanish non men. Now, though, I'm curious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-56679270516756079492011-04-25T10:08:26.555-05:002011-04-25T10:08:26.555-05:00This is going to be one of my favorite posts on th...This is going to be one of my favorite posts on this blog. It is very good to know that people can have a bad experience in grad school but still do not allow that to deter them from their goals.<br /><br />It sounds like it doesn't matter much whether a department is hijacked by vicious Marxists or vicious Conservatives. Whenever politics become more important than literature, a department Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-88339039613167715232011-04-25T09:48:39.692-05:002011-04-25T09:48:39.692-05:00I'm not that young. This was in the early 80s...I'm not that young. This was in the early 80s. It's possible she's learned more Spanish since then, but she began to teach the first day in Spanish then gave up. She would say things like "Juan se toca" when she meant to say "Le toca a Juan ..." She not only had a horrible accent, but she didn't seem to be in command of the syntax of the language.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-69529746535766637402011-04-25T09:42:04.007-05:002011-04-25T09:42:04.007-05:00Fascinating. So it is true about JF (mean)? In per...Fascinating. So it is true about JF (mean)? In person I've always had another impression and assumed the rumors were motivated by certain kinds of very old style agendas (pre theory, pre women ones) but ... it's interesting to hear this from someone as young as you and also, all of this would help explain some things that went on in my own CPLT program at more or less this time (other Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com