tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post2172965119747357851..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Busy BragJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-83133205041065420592016-04-03T20:37:42.339-05:002016-04-03T20:37:42.339-05:00P.S. Maybe the problem with the post is that it as...P.S. Maybe the problem with the post is that it assumes these things are bragging. I think the issues GMP points to do need discussion -- if one cannot name the things that are happening, one cannot understand where the energy drain is.<br /><br />I do think it is important not to be so busy that you can't get basic things done. I have this problem and I don't know how to get out of it --Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-85653223201724328382016-04-03T13:37:58.112-05:002016-04-03T13:37:58.112-05:00Not analyzing what is really going on, and putting...Not analyzing what is really going on, and putting a lot of time and energy into time management schemes that are expected to be cure-alls, also fills time that could be used far more productively.<br /><br />I do not like venting, though. I never understood the people who go on about problems and then are not willing to do anything about them. Either you are going to act, or you are not, is my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-91401426728312297392016-03-23T11:44:18.786-05:002016-03-23T11:44:18.786-05:00Complain all you want. Don't let me stop you....Complain all you want. Don't let me stop you. Be aware, though, that complaining itself fills time that could be used otherwise. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-80246929266407618802016-03-18T20:28:52.328-05:002016-03-18T20:28:52.328-05:00I guess you simply don't want people complaini...I guess you simply don't want people complaining about their academic jobs at all? I am at an R1 and have probably been guilty at one time or another of each of these infractions when blogging. For me, complaining online mostly serves the purpose of venting; I don't think it's special or profound, but it does release the pressure. <br /><br />I will say, though, that having a grant GMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16919667353119078617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-24368866852234950502016-03-11T21:31:57.736-06:002016-03-11T21:31:57.736-06:00I do try to write sentences that could be broken i...I do try to write sentences that could be broken into poems like this. Someone who reads my blog once hired me for a while to try to teach her to write like me. I failed, and she quit. I should have given her this tip: write sentences like poems.Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-84752287000494800412016-03-11T11:16:02.484-06:002016-03-11T11:16:02.484-06:00"in Graduate School
it seemed to me
that the ..."in Graduate School<br />it seemed to me<br />that the sufferers<br />were Philistines<br />from the East." <br /><br />That's a nice poem. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-16863740498595139202016-03-11T10:52:14.154-06:002016-03-11T10:52:14.154-06:00Well, I sometimes show that I am overworked on pur...Well, I sometimes show that I am overworked on purpose, because it is the only way to get them to let up. Yet I think one's job is actually not to be: as a teacher one does not want to model suffering.<br /><br />I went into academia because it was fun. In graduate school it seemed to me that the sufferers were philistines from the East.Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-75087270305263500962016-03-10T10:58:51.280-06:002016-03-10T10:58:51.280-06:00Yes, of course I am talking about people in resear...Yes, of course I am talking about people in research universities who could not imagine what you have to do in your institution. I still think there is a kind of underlying Calvinism among academics. The worship of work, the belief in human depravity and the glorification of suffering. Part of this is to figure out why I am not happier myself. I should be. I have the ideal job. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-72350719944010338042016-03-10T10:26:04.069-06:002016-03-10T10:26:04.069-06:00-- and so now, I just went to inform that a certai...-- and so now, I just went to inform that a certain service project that was dumped on me mid semester could not be done by deadline and was told I was just "busy bragging." ME CAGO EN LA LECHE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-67476825317224846752016-03-09T22:44:00.071-06:002016-03-09T22:44:00.071-06:00...but I am still trying to understand the people ......but I am still trying to understand the people in this post, they seem entirely egotistical -- this, I guess, is why I think they have nothing to do / are idle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-32329911306752861842016-03-09T21:35:58.708-06:002016-03-09T21:35:58.708-06:00"Suffering doesn't ennoble you, it is jus..."Suffering doesn't ennoble you, it is just suffering." This, of course, I agree with and I think suffering demeans and diminishes.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-9043243397355168392016-03-09T21:22:42.669-06:002016-03-09T21:22:42.669-06:00...that is, cannot give *enough regular classes, b......that is, cannot give *enough regular classes, because not all would be large enough. Yet we are not allowed to say tough beans, delay graduation, either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-80194815627891504412016-03-09T21:14:45.112-06:002016-03-09T21:14:45.112-06:00and *reduce time to graduation. Like, next semeste...and *reduce time to graduation. Like, next semester, I have to teach an overload AND lead independent projects so we can graduate people on time, and because we cannot give a regular class.<br /><br />I have never known anyone to "busy brag," actually. People are genuinely overworked. I actually think all the forms of bragging you describe have to be pastimes of the rich, or something Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-15284116259938684992016-03-09T20:53:21.164-06:002016-03-09T20:53:21.164-06:00What if it is not bragging? What if it is just an...What if it is not bragging? What if it is just an honest request to have your service / admin load reduced? Fully 50% of my time this semester goes to independent study projects I have to have because we cannot give enough senior courses, yet must increase number of students graduated and time to graduation, and to admin / service that got dropped on me after the semester started ... and that ifAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com