The flowering pear tree in my driveway is in bloom, and the back deck of the house has turned yellow overnight from the pollen. This means that we have just passed the mid-semester point, and this week was time for...
grading
How to Manage Time in Your Academic Life
Alan Jacobs of Wheaton College offers some helpful tips. 1. Insulate yourself from distractions.2. Work on more than one writing project at a time.3. Experiment with different “workflows” and “software.”4. Don’t over-prepare for classes.5. Don’t over-comment on student essays.6. Save...
Dispatches from Graduate School–Part 29
Cali Pitchel McCullough is a Ph.D student in American history at Arizona State University. For earlier posts in this series click here. –JF I’ve spent the past five or six days with a stack of exams. Now many of you...
Dispatches from Graduate School: Part 4
Cali Pitchel McCullough is a Ph.D student in American history at Arizona State University. For earlier posts in this series click here. –JF Enough said… ...