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66 sats \ 4 replies \ @billytheked 28 Oct \ on: Memoir: Finding freedom in apparent failure the_stacker_muse
This is a really great post. I'm glad for your response.
One thought I had when reading this section was that I don't believe it is your fault, even if you were "naive" as to the expectation of these journals. The sad thing I noticed with academia during my stint was that it always felt like the higher you climb, the more out of touch you become, and the more you have to pander. Many of my tenured profs always came off as stuffy and a little distant.
Your students are lucky to have a professor who is none of those things.
Your students are lucky to have a professor who is none of those things.
I actually think I come off as stuffy and distant to many students. Something I'm working on and recently got inspired by a colleague after watching how he builds rapport with students
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What do university students know anyway? Are they undergrads? It's very possible I was wrong back in the day about some of the profs.
The fact that you are working on it says a lot, not to mention your Pleb Economist series.
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Yep, undergrads. And yeah it's hard for the students and profs to necessarily vibe with each other. I think what my colleague taught me is: don't be afraid to go off on tangents about your own interests. It humanizes you with the students. I try to stay too straight-laced and on-track with the curriculum.
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I'm guessing you probably don't have to worry about going too off-topic since your instinct is to stay on-track.
Personally I can recall learning a lot from teachers' tangents. Sound advice.
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