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Update: In catching up with my RSS feeds, I ran into Kathy Sierra’s post about success. I love Kathy Sierra. I think she says in this post exactly what I was trying to say above. That is, there appears to be only one track to “success,” moving up (internally or externally). I think, however, that…

When I think about what it means to be involved in education, I think primarily about curiosity. I think one should continually be curious about the world around you. One should always want to ask, “What’s new?” and then go find out. Coupled with this curiosity is imagination. I think of education as coming up…

Yesterday began at 6:00 a.m. and ended at 9:00 p.m. It was crazy. It still feels like the rush of the beginning of school. It’s not supposed to be this way. I managed to slow down enough to enjoy my class, which was really fun yesterday. I think we’re finally getting to know each other.…

We’re three weeks into the semester and I’m not sure I feel we’re totally in the swing of things. My students may find this, so I will paint this in broad strokes. In fact, I hope they do find this. It would mean they’re doing what I expect. Last semester, when I taught this course,…

Okay, I can’t stay away. You people make me think too much. I was just glancing at blogs while I waited for my Death-to-the-Diet Brownies (recipe tomorrow) to cook, when I ran into Phantom’s post (Phantom Scribbler: Diversity)). I had read Jody’s post which she references and even looked up the demographics of our current…

I’m stepping away from blogging for the weekend–reading and writing. I have had what can only be described as one of the most incredibly stressful weeks of my life. It’s right up there with the week before my wedding. I went into the week fairly stressed out already and then things just piled on. Mr.…

Just wanted to thank J. at bingdella for the header! I think it looks great. Thanks, J. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

Yes, this topic won, barely beating out Faculty, Teaching and Technology, which I promise to write about tomorrow, since I could probably write about that topic all day every day. 🙂 I have some cogent thoughts about it and some good input in the comments to my last post on the topic. (Geeky Mom: Technology…

I’m still finding myself with lots to write about, and it’s kind of fun to do these poll thingies, so what do you think? What should I cover next? Take the poll Free Poll by Blog Flux Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

Specifically, what I didn’t realize was how much my confidence in my ability to do research had been blown to smithereens and scattered to the four winds. New Kid on the Hallway: Minor epiphany I have no confidence when it comes to research. New Kid, thankfully, has regained hers, but me, not so much. And…