The Englishist
From the mind of an English professor
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Quick Update
Life is happening faster than I can post about it. That's not a complaint. These are all very good things happening, but they keep stacking on each other and then I'm so...
The Night Before the First Day of School
School starts tomorrow--well, today, technically since it's after midnight as I'm writing this, and I am feeling...I don't know. I spent all of last week revising my classes with...
15 Tips from a Professor for Anyone Going to College Who Doesn’t Feel Smart Enough #SOL26
I belong to a Facebook group where a woman in her late 20s said she's going to college for the first time as an adult and asked for advice and/or encouragement. One of her...
Lesson Plan Friday: Independent Reading Categories
It's Friday, and I'm doing course prep, so it's time to practice productive procrastination and bring back Lesson Plan Friday (LPF). Remember how I made a graphic for it and...
It’s Monday and I’ve Been Reading Memoirs Written by Comedians #IMWAYR
Welp, it's July and I haven't made a single book post all year. Instead of bombarding you with the many, many books I've read (34 so far), I'm just going to hit the highlights,...
It’s mah birthday! #SOL26
...birthday week, more like. My actual birthday is on Friday. I wasn't going to post this week but then I had two conversations over the past couple of weeks that made me give...
13 Random Things: End of Semester Edition #SOL26
Since it's been a minute since my last update post, a random things list: 1. Between the fact that I didn't get my finalized schedule until two days before the beginning of the...
Timeline: Relapse & Decline
My (step)dad who raised me died in January from multiple myeloma, a blood cancer. I wanted to put together a timeline for myself so I can have everything that happened from the...
Timeline: Diagnosis #SOL26
My (step)dad who raised me died in January from multiple myeloma, a blood cancer. I wanted to put together a timeline for myself so I can have everything that happened from the...