Failing Upwards

Brian Latimer

  • Another Realization of My Worth

    I am trying my best to keep things positive, maybe even humorous, around here, but it’s difficult when I know my days are numbered here at Romulus University. Everywhere I look, I see reflections of little effort around this campus.… Continue reading

    Another Realization of My Worth

  • Student Expectations or My Professor’s Expect Me to Do What?

    Anybody who has ever taught at the college level generally hears the familiar refrain from their colleagues about allowing kids to come through our campus doors that are not ready for college-level academic rigor. As far as I know, this… Continue reading

    Student Expectations or My Professor’s Expect Me to Do What?

  • Are You a Paul Skenes?

    I am posing this question to all my readers in this week’s article. For those who do not follow sportsball, I will do my best to explain this phenomenon in a way that is easily relatable.I have this horrible mental… Continue reading

    Are You a Paul Skenes?

  • Things are Going to Get Awkward Around Here

    If you read the last article, you know that my time here at Romulus University is coming to an end. I was hoping that this place would last a lot longer than it did, but here we are. I have… Continue reading

    Things are Going to Get Awkward Around Here

  • How did these matches find their way onto this bridge?

    As a college professor I see a lot of things come and go. From fashion to language and everything in-between, the time I spent in the classroom witnessed a lot of changes. One thing that never faltered was my dedication… Continue reading

    How did these matches find their way onto this bridge?

  • I Believe in Free Speech, But…

    Somehow, it seems fitting that my most significant moments of brazen student absurdity would happen in public speaking classes. The incident in the following paragraphs takes place for fifteen minutes in one class. I dare say that the three incidents… Continue reading

    I Believe in Free Speech, But…

  • Why All The Melancholy?

    Now that graduation is in the rearview mirror, the summer can begin. Since I work at a SLAC, most of my fellow professors are disappearing into the mist, not returning until mid-August. In the last few days leading up to… Continue reading

    Why All The Melancholy?

  • I Miss the Song and Dance

    After sifting through all those exams and essays from this long semester, it is time to tally up the scores and submit grades. You look over your math and verify that the final scores are correct. You enter the final… Continue reading

    I Miss the Song and Dance

  • I Hate AI Until it Works for Me.

    The debate about generative AI in the education sphere is overdone. I don’t care about it. I don’t care if my students use it because it is relatively easy to sniff out. In many respects, I don’t even want to… Continue reading

    I Hate AI Until it Works for Me.

  • Extra Credit Workaround

    When the end of the semester quickly approaches, one of the biggest certainties is bound to happen: the extra credit request. It never fails. I get requests from people I am pretty sure I never met in class before, or… Continue reading

    Extra Credit Workaround