Currently I am composing two cover letters, hoping for but not counting on positive results. In fact, I’ve determined to vigilantly cater to my morale by looking upon both letters as primarily fun. Cathartic writing exercises as it were, worthwhile in their own right, with benefits guaranteed. More recently I’ve begun work on a missive…
Tag: Writing
Summarily
Successful completion of a PhD will everafter require that one be able to summarize those years of work and hundreds of pages, and how that effort continues to matter in the real world, in just a few sentences. Having written what I strive to not be a demoralizing number of cover letters, I’ve become…
Penning
Though expedience and the habituated norm typically ensure my use of this cruddy, cracked smartphone faux keyboard for a significant portion of my writing, I am also a devotee of notebook writing. Because I tend to require considerable amounts of the handwritten from my students, I decided to address the use of pen and paper…
Philosophy doctor
Because it is apparently not possible for me to completely abandon the quest for professorship, I am currently composing a(nother) new cover letter. I am attempting to remain completely honest in my self-representation. That way, in the admitted high likelihood that I am not selected for an interview from among the likely hundreds of worthy…
evaluation
In my experience, what really makes teaching an awful occupation is the messy matter of grading. I hope to never never not ever again assign POINTS to any single piece of writing, ever again. Did I mention, not ever? The built-in animosity is soul crushing, and so very far removed from my envisioned, intended ideal…
Insight/Outfit of the Day 