I came across an article in Inside Hire Ed that tells of a teacher who was suspended for revoking a letter of recommendation she had written for a student. The young man in question had displayed a swastika in his school. The article deals with the ethics of rescinding a recommendation from the perspective of its impact on the student. This seems wrongheaded to me. What they need to be thinking about is the impact that recommendation would have on the teacher. Continue reading “Rescinding Letters of Recommendation”
Tag: Writing
What’s Your Collaborative Research Platform?
The hardest part about being an academic ronin is the lack of conversation. People with traditional academic jobs end up talking to friends and colleagues in the hall or at the bar. It is an important stimulant for creative thinking and for providing one with resources one might not otherwise have known about.
“Have you read this article…?”
“There’s this great book by…”
“Let me send you a link to…”
You discuss what you are reading and thinking about, and you get suggestions on what to read and (thusly) think about. Continue reading “What’s Your Collaborative Research Platform?”
Thursday Shmursday
I have discovered that Thursday morning is the morning that my body says to my ambition, “Go to hell!”
Do or Die by December 15
December 15 is my deadline for my book manuscript to be submitted to Wipf and Stock. This is a deadline I have set for myself. My publisher tells me they have a lot of flexibility. But I cannot handle the flexibility. I will keep pushing the deadline back. So it is time to declare my deadline to the world and let the fear of publish shame motivate me to finish this thing. Continue reading “Do or Die by December 15”