Tag Archives: Teaching

On Entertaining Through Teaching (or the Other Way Around)

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Andrew

No one ever wants to take a composition class. That’s the first hurdle in teaching I always faced – convincing the students that they actually want to be in the class they find themselves forced, by the college, to take.  … Continue reading →

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On Reviewing a Class on Reviews

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Andrew

First, this premise: Reviews are a genre. Most people tend to think of reviews as a discrete and specific form that really only has one product: the review.  Whether it’s a movie, book, play, music, or restaurant, the review has … Continue reading →

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On Selling Yourself… Oneself… Myself?

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Andrew

Hunting season for academics begins in the middle of September.  Universities post their requirements for what kind of meat they need to fill their seats, and said meat, in a stark reversal of normal hunting policies, shotguns applications at the … Continue reading →

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Yelling in another language is a rose is a rose is a rose

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Andrew

I have officially given up hope on replies regarding any of my interviews. Which means my hopeful bent for a job in the upcoming year has been unbent. I still have a number of applications out there, and have three … Continue reading →

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Polish Language Lesson Trzynascie

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Andrew

PotrzebujÄ™ koperti. = I need envelopes. I haven’t used this phrase yet. When I’ve gone to the post office (Poczty GÅ‚owny) so far (technically, that’s how you say the Main Post Office) I’ve used English, because I feel horribly embarrassed … Continue reading →

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Three weeks in the City, living it up!!! AAAAAAAAAARGH!

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Andrew

There are homeless everywhere. [Editor’s Note: The author means everywhere in the world, not everywhere in Kraków. Clearly. Don’t get angry at me, Krakovians, get angry at the writer’s poor command of context.] Okay, maybe he wasn’t homeless. Maybe they … Continue reading →

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Sickity. Sickity. Sick.

Posted on December 15, 2007 by Andrew

If I hadn’t gotten rid of the picture of Jeoffrey curled in my bed, that’s the picture I would’ve used. Last night I went to sleep early, felt like I was burning in my sheets, and the only reason I’m … Continue reading →

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“I think that anyone would run from you”

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Andrew

That may be a bastardization of a Vanessa Peters’ song (“Marathon” from Mirabilandia), and so I apologize, Vanessa. I take all responsibility. I don’t take all responsibility for what my front bottom teeth are doing. Apparently they’re slow-dancing a tango. … Continue reading →

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Annoyances

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Andrew

Read this! Go forth, and conquer! Or read! Read and conquer! Read about conquering! I put the link to a review I wrote above because it was gone from the main page in about a day from the website I … Continue reading →

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Get this

Posted on October 3, 2006 by Andrew

So, after a long night of little sleep (must’ve woken up twenty times during the night, anxious over the meeting today) I teach (perhaps the best classes of the semester, stress from last night pushing me into ultra-preparedness) and then … Continue reading →

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