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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Why Are We Talking About Parking Spots?
It is no secret that I am not a fan of faculty meetings. I especially am not a fan when it means that I have to miss the opening day of baseball and watch my awful team attempt to play.… Continue reading
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You’re My Favorite Because You Aren’t Boring
Whenever the final for a class wraps up, one or two students usually take the time to thank you for their experience during the semester. Most students will utter “thanks” and move on with their lives. However, there are always… Continue reading
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What Can I Do To Bring My Grade Up?
This line is one of the most popular utterances a professor will encounter in their careers. It is a simple question with several complex layers attached to it that there is no single proper answer. One thing is for certain,… Continue reading
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Knowing What the Other Side Thinks (Thanks, Gary)
This is one of the few posts I will ever make on this website that doesn’t explicitly cover anything related to the education experience but still needs discussion. If you are here to hear my perspectives on student silliness and… Continue reading
Failing Upwards 