tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post115711308418929343..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: On beginning graduate schoolCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1158637060446744832006-09-18T23:37:00.000-04:002006-09-18T23:37:00.000-04:00I like this post. It says a lot of important thin...I like this post. It says a lot of important things (oy. I sound like my students on my discussion board -- sorry, it's the end of a long evening) I commented at Dr. Virago's, but this reminds me of one more thing I didn't say. Part of professionalization is learning to balance things and learning that life happens even when grad school is over. That's something that should not be overlooked.Another Damned Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1158168205024092232006-09-13T13:23:00.000-04:002006-09-13T13:23:00.000-04:00Glad youa re happy so far, Liza. personally I don'...Glad youa re happy so far, Liza. personally I don't think many things in life can come close to the happiness of reading a book on a bench by the Cam. It's one of my happiest younger-me memories.<BR/><BR/>Keep in touch!Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1157738754998713952006-09-08T14:05:00.000-04:002006-09-08T14:05:00.000-04:00advice from the front lines: go to Cambridge. It i...advice from the front lines: go to Cambridge. It is BEAUTIFUL here! And who ever said that British people were snobby? I had no fewer than three random men help me with my bags as I staggered my way to King's yesterday with a year's worth of books on my back. Plus the porter gave me his key and ID card because mine weren't ready yet. Which leads me to believe that either the UK has been getting a bad rap, or I am incredibly alluring while jetlagged, unshowered, and generally zombielike.<BR/><BR/>I've arrived safe in Cambridge, at least as safe as anyone can be when they're at a university but haven't gotten their library card yet ...<BR/><BR/>Give GW my regards, please. <BR/><BR/>LizaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1157153237685502062006-09-01T19:27:00.000-04:002006-09-01T19:27:00.000-04:00That sounds like a great intro to grad school.Emph...That sounds like a great intro to grad school.<BR/><BR/>Emphasizing community and loving what you're learning makes a lot of sense to me.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1157142506340853992006-09-01T16:28:00.000-04:002006-09-01T16:28:00.000-04:00OK - so there are two alternative titles for me ri...OK - so there are two alternative titles for me rising to the challenge. <BR/><BR/>1) (preferred) The Historic Present means Boys will be Boys <BR/><BR/>OR<BR/><BR/>2) I obviously don't get it....<BR/><BR/>Linking a few of your posts together. We are now end of old session/anticipating new session (one runs right into the next) - at least so far as pgs (grad students) are concerned.<BR/><BR/>My current campaign is to stop students writing in the historic present tense. Clever writers can get away with it. But let's face it we are not all clever writers. One of my concerns with overuse of the historic present is that it is unethical. By collapsing the time (and thus other differences) between 'them' and 'us' it advocated a kind of ethical imperialism in which our values are imposed on the past in an endless continuum of time. Boys will be boys indeed. Moral values are removed from their social and historical context and naturalised. Just the kind of thing that fundies who believe in Beowulf do - we need to beware. Of course the historic present may be used with greater knowingness and subtlety. But too often it is not - it is a way of raiding the past to justify our own ethical norms and naturalising them.<BR/><BR/>So title 1 or 2 - do I get it or not?<BR/>N50Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com