tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post4556013221052268323..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: The Book of FictionJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-87437807079038087892018-04-05T12:06:35.182-05:002018-04-05T12:06:35.182-05:00Even with lit courses, the content has to change b...Even with lit courses, the content has to change because of one's research interests. If you teach the same material in the same way it gets deadly for everyone concerned. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-46722765732834931382018-04-05T12:04:33.918-05:002018-04-05T12:04:33.918-05:00It's very hard to derive meaning from teaching...It's very hard to derive meaning from teaching intro-level courses for 30 years with an occasional literature course. If I didn't have my research and the constant excitement that it brings, I'd be severely depressed right now. There is no better self-care for me than the third book.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-63635210214434564232018-03-29T18:33:40.839-05:002018-03-29T18:33:40.839-05:00"Let's stop forcing people to pretend to ..."Let's stop forcing people to pretend to be working on a book when they aren't."<br /><br />We can't, because the unified faculty member no longer exists. We could have stopped in the past, when the university was what it was 30 years ago, and people could decide to use their time on other types of work. Now other work is supposed to be done by administrators, graduate Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-47306217038240118672018-03-29T18:30:39.958-05:002018-03-29T18:30:39.958-05:00(One of my R-1 friends says this: the PhD and the ...(One of my R-1 friends says this: the PhD and the tenure process were so exhausting that she collapsed, now he was non-precarious for the first time in his life and his exhaustion got the better of him. She says other elements are disenchantment with field due to obnoxious colleagues, and importantly, negative reaction to the neoliberal university. This is an extreme case. I think many people Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-53246926021276234282018-03-29T18:29:04.660-05:002018-03-29T18:29:04.660-05:00They don't have anything to say, in some cases...They don't have anything to say, in some cases. Or they have enough to say in two books, and that's enough. Some might be better article writers, or want to devote their time to edited collection or something else. Let's stop forcing people to pretend to be working on a book when they aren't. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-61110421279047680902018-03-29T18:26:00.398-05:002018-03-29T18:26:00.398-05:00Why do you think they don't?Why do you think they don't?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com