tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post5272475961445528845..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: PhDJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-7349844262539780422021-04-03T16:31:46.391-05:002021-04-03T16:31:46.391-05:00Oh, right, more inclusive in terms of hiring. Alth...Oh, right, more inclusive in terms of hiring. Although not really: most people are never hired. The few who are hired do look "diverse" but they come from the university of excellence, which is highly exclusionary.<br /><br />It's much harder now than in the past to get the kind of education K-12 that you need to get into and do well at a good college if you don't have money, Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-59402910742728419272021-04-03T09:20:30.065-05:002021-04-03T09:20:30.065-05:00We're becoming more inclusive now, but not in ...We're becoming more inclusive now, but not in economic terms. My dept. was all white male in the senior ranks when I came (except for a women who wasn't treated well by them). Now we have 8 nationalities / ethnicities represented. <br /><br />It seems harder now to enter the profession because of lack of jobs, especially in the tenure track. It doesn't seem like something I would Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-25748126356352230642021-04-03T02:18:13.935-05:002021-04-03T02:18:13.935-05:00Isn't this also an area where genetic variance...Isn't this also an area where genetic variance matters? It's probably not just that Ellis <i>taught</i> music to Wynton and Branford. They no doubt had an "ear" for it too.<br /><br />Also, scholarship is a craft tradition. Some people can build anything. Some people can play anything. Some people can write anything. It's part of their heritage.<br /><br />Of course, it'Thomas Basbøllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08368041769532537132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-14535315198659385392021-04-02T23:27:28.128-05:002021-04-02T23:27:28.128-05:00There are all sorts of family businesses, also, no...There are all sorts of family businesses, also, not just learned ones. One of my more admirable students is from a construction family. He can build anything, it seems, and can always make money doing it, and went to college part time for years, for education.<br /><br />They are freaked on this article because they are freaked about "inclusiveness." Now that everything is so Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.com