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The Mother Teresa of Academia

by beth January 18, 2010

Pic­ture Cour­tesy of Wikimedia-Commons User Túre­lio, Cre­ative Com­mons BY-SA 2.0-de My first week back for lec­tures went well.  Every class was full and every­one showed up the first day.  I am pos­i­tive that’s a record, I mean every­one show­ing up the first day?  I’ve never heard or seen of such a thing. Usu­ally the third […]

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What NOT to Ask Your Professor

by beth January 14, 2010

Dear Stu­dents, I wanted to offer you some advice. If you have to ask the fol­low­ing ques­tions be pre­pared for your professor’s head to explode. *Do I really have to buy the book? *Do I have to actu­ally read in this class? *Do I even have to come to class? *Can’t you just give us […]

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Split-Shift Parenting: Burnout

by beth January 11, 2010

poster avail­able from despair, inc. The school semes­ter offi­cially starts today for me, mean­ing I’m back in the class­room lec­tur­ing, grad­ing and guid­ing stu­dents. While I love work­ing with stu­dents and I love a good dis­cus­sion about all things soci­o­log­i­cal, I can state with­out any hes­i­ta­tion that I do not love the sched­ule itself. It […]

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Tagging Me in Seven

by beth January 6, 2010

Alright Andrea over at Good Girl Gone Red­neck has tagged me. Andrea has a great blog and she chron­i­cles her life as a trans­plant from New York City to North Car­olina, along with a great sense of humor. She also has sev­eral other blog­gers who have been tagged & are fab­u­lous. Visit her & give […]

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