Archive for the ‘ Professors ’ Category

Sexy Math Equation Geeks

That is not my back. But I totally get why someone would tattoo that on their back. Sexy nerdery? Hells to the yes. [ READ MORE ]

This Is What Professors Think About When You’ve Answered the Question Absolutely Wrong

Ever wonder what your profs think about you and your wretched performance after you’ve fully hosed a final exam answer? Female Science Professor writes her ponderings so we can all know how our eff-ups can throw our professor for a loop. [ READ MORE ]

Watching America’s Higher Education Dreams Go Down In Flames

Is it too obvious to suggest that keeping higher education a viable option for Americans should be among the highest priorities? An ever-expanding cohort of young, energetic, jobless and uneducated Americans sounds like the crappiest American Dream ever[ READ MORE ]

How To Land A Mentor

Those giants are called mentors, and every chucklehead youngin’ like yourself wants one. The more awesome a mentor, the more sought out they are. This has the unfortunate effect of making them ignore most of the tweedle-dums who come begging for their priceless advice and knowledge[ READ MORE ]

Faculty Productivity

Ever wonder what those professors with their cush teaching posts do with their well-paid time? Educate young minds or lie about, smoking pipes and wearing tweed and discussing any topic in the most pedantic way possible? Perhaps. Or maybe they’re working their asses off trying to keep the jobs they nearly killed themselves to get. [ READ MORE ]

Math Is Hard!

Not really. I adore math and all its perfect logic. I’ve ranted before about math and smart girls and the general idea that being capable of doing something well has nothing to do with gender, race, sex, or your ass’ ability to sprout wings[ READ MORE ]

Lecturing and Questioning

Even for students like me, who learn best by reading the material and not by having someone verbally beat me over the head with it. [ READ MORE ]

Wikipedia Wants Your Learned Grey Matter

Whether it’s a site-able source (it’s absolutely not, according to many professorial types) or not, everyone uses Wikipedia as a quick way to satisfy some burning question or as a starting point on some quest for reams of information on almost any subject one can think of. It’s like a Twinkie or Oscar Meyer baloney: I don’t trust it, I would never serve it at a dinner party, but I’m still gonna eat it. [ READ MORE ]

OpenCourseWare Consortium Global Meeting 2011

May marks the 10th anniversary of the OpenCourseWare movement, with the goal being the offering of courseware from legit sources (colleges, universities, etc.) online and free of charge. The OpenCourseWare Consortium Global Meeting 2011 begins May 4th (today) and goes through Friday the 6th in Cambridge Mass[ READ MORE ]

Dr. Tae Tells It Like It Is

He had me at “School sucks.” And then Dr. Tae, physics prof at Northwestern University, explained exactly why that statement is true for both high schools and universities. He is direct, eloquent, and sites MythBusters as not only the most scientific show on television, but also exactly what science is supposed to be: lots of [ READ MORE ]