Teaching, Page 3

Paper note-taking: Not old-school… genius

Is the pen mightier than the laptop? Apparently so. One of the first things my university students learn about me is that …

I’m used to grade complaints, pleas for leniency, well wishes, the occasional hug. But at the end of last semester, I was …

The class burst into guffaws, some students covering their mouths and giggling. Me, I hid behind lecture notes, instantly turning a lovely …

Head cold. Repeat root canal. Major case of student plagiarism. To say that last week was rough is an understatement. So on …

One back-to-school ritual is to visit my new classrooms. I wear entirely too much black to work with chalkboards, but alas. (Pictured: …

With the end of the semester last week, I completed my fifth year as a college instructor. Five years and hundreds of …

For an actual academic (and fascinating) discussion of stripping, see here. Photo credit. “You were a stripper?!” he exclaimed, brown eyes wide as …

You know those people who are so passionate about their jobs that they say they look forward to going to work in …

I hope and pray that last night’s scare is as close as I come to a school shooting in my academic career. …

“Umm, my name is Chris and I’m um, going to talk about a project I, uh, worked on last spring.” “This is …