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Glad I am Leaving
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article about how unappreciated I felt at Romulus University, primarily because my tenure denial had occurred. At first, I was upset that the school decided to move on from me. However, my… Continue reading
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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
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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
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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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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
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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 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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Why is New Leadership Always Like this?
We recently installed a new provost after the previous one decided that life was better in the mountains. The administration told us that a search committee would find a replacement. However, the administration ended up promoting the assistant provost instead.… Continue reading
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Can I Get Some Extra Credit?
This was a fun little bit I created after a couple of interesting conversations over the last few days. Enjoy. Continue reading
Failing Upwards 