Anyone wanna volunteer to help me figure out the details for my 12-poem project for my poetry class? Some very dark fairy tale AUs are included, and I’m also worldbuilding a continent with multiple countries involved in at least one very bloody war, and a whole new pantheon because why the fuck not.

You know what's... awkward? I've missed more classes this semester than in my Master's program and undergrad combined.

So I'm going to turn that cannibalism idea into my final paper for one of my classes!

WHY do so many of my students use exclamation points when it's not dialogue?

I just keep thinking, Oh, baby girl, in the exact tone my aunt uses when she's completely baffled or sympathetic.

SPOILER: If the MINIMUM page count is FIVE, turning in Four & 1/2 WILL NOT GET YOU FULL POINTS.

So, have you ever been in an environment where people keep praising someone who failed you utterly and never even considered acknowledging it? Who not only failed you, but almost seemed to actively betray you? Who consistently did not do even the minimum of supporting or guiding you and then just - let you fall ( Read more... )

So, in 2015 I wrote a paper that included a section on literal vs metaphorical cannibalism as it relates to history, knowledge, and academia. I reread it today and now I want to turn that section into an article of some kind. That section is behind the cut below; does anyone out there want to take a gander and tell me if there's anything worth ( Read more... )

Okay, so I met with my advisor yesterday to discuss this upcoming semester. As my only teaching experience has been an observer/TA in a classroom of six 60-90 year olds and tutoring a single student, I asked if she knew of a way to get some experience, to know for sure whether I actually like teaching or not ( Read more... )

I GOT IT OH MY FUCKING GOD.