Teaching is hard!
Jun 9th 2008nerd alert
… and I haven’t even started doing it yet. The phone interviews with “Hobart U” continue to go
Kill them
Jun 3rd 2008General
More from the Chronicle job-hunt forum, which I’m starting to like more and more – “I have shared this
Phone interview!
Jun 2nd 2008General
Apparently I’m already a “finalist” for the temp faculty position at “Hobart University”. I suspect that that means I just made it through the initial screening of “is breathing and apparently has a degree in chemistry.” But they did mail me the morning of the day they were to begin considering applications, so that’s encouraging [...]
A to C, or B
May 28th 2008General
Job interview yesterday. It went well! They liked me! Woohoo! (Clearly they haven’t talked to my current boss yet. Although he supposedly has nothing but good things to say about his students, no matter what he really thinks about them. Which is nice, I guess, but
2009, here I come.
Oct 31st 2007nerd alert
Fall is the season, in the academic world, for job hunting. The ads begin in August, usually – “assistant
Free tuition!
Aug 23rd 2007nerd alert & rants
A senator (D, of course) has proposed a $25 billion education package that includes “free tuition” for students majoring in science, math, engineering, and “technology”. (Whatever kinds of “technology” are not included in “science” and “engineering”, that is. Air conditioning repair?) It’s not entirely “free”, since there’s a string attached: “Students must work or teach [...]