Amanda Krauss -- 2010 July Archive - Worst Professor Ever

Archive for July, 2010

Good Research Means Being Nosy

July 30, 2010

Why being nosy makes you an excellent researcher.

Tags: charlie robison, deductive reason, facebook, research, sherlock holmes, stalking
Posted in Education, information technology, learning, school, students, Teaching, web | 5 Comments »

Revision Quest

July 28, 2010

WPE attempts brilliance at her local Barnes and Noble.

Posted in Education, retraining, students, Teaching, writing | 2 Comments »

Geek, Interrupted

July 26, 2010

Worst Professor Ever tries to embrace her inner geek. As long as she’s not wearing glasses.

Tags: #sdcc, aisha tyler, Comic Con, dork, fetish, geek, geek chic, girls who wear glasses, glasses, nerd, nerd chic, olivia munn, sexy librarian, start trek, Westboro protest
Posted in academia, Education, graduate, higher, history, ivory tower, learning, lifestyle, phd, Pop Culture, professor, school, Starting Over, students, university | 10 Comments »

Clueless Teachers with an Appetite for Destruction

July 23, 2010

Worst Professor Ever talks about her generation. And teaching. And other stuff.

Tags: beloit mindset list, Gen-X, generation X, generation Y, gnr, guns and roses, guns n roses, millennial, pedagogy, rock 'n' roll, simpsons
Posted in Education, learning, Pop Culture, school, students, Teaching | 10 Comments »

Algorithm This: I Write Like . . . Cynthia Heimel

July 21, 2010

Worst Professor Ever disagrees with “I Write Like…”. A lot.

Tags: algorithm, creativity, Cynthia Heimel, i write like, imitation, literary influence
Posted in academia, design, development, Education, higher, history, information technology, learning, Pop Culture, retraining, Starting Over, students, Teaching, web, writing | 9 Comments »

James Franco at Yale — Do Stars And PhDs Mix?

July 20, 2010

WPE wonders whether stars need advanced degrees.

Tags: Bill Odenkirk, Brian May, celebrities, David Duchovny, David X Cohen, degree, futurama, James Franco, Jeff Westbrook, Ken Keeler, MA, Queen, Yale
Posted in academia, Education, grad, graduate, higher, history, ivory tower, learning, phd, Pop Culture, professor, program, school, students, Teaching, university | 7 Comments »

SEO is the Devil

July 19, 2010

Worst Professor Ever learns about SEO, and decides internet life is nasty, brutish, and short.

Tags: American Idol, Google, HAL, popularity contest, search algorithm, seo
Posted in design, development, Education, retraining, Starting Over, transition, web, writing | 6 Comments »

Friday Fun, Continued

July 16, 2010

Just a dumb, funny pro-studying video — I promise, I’ll leave everyone alone all weekend.

Tags: library, Old Spice, parody, studying
Posted in Education, students, Teaching | 2 Comments »

Study This, Not That: Catullus Fridays

Worst Professor Ever contemplates having Catullus Fridays.

Tags: AP, Aurelius, Catullus, Clodia, Furius, graffiti, high school, Lesbia, photography, riff, visual art, writing
Posted in academia, Education, history, students, Teaching, writing | 17 Comments »

The Chronicle of Higher Education: File Under “Duh”

July 14, 2010

Worst Professor Ever tries not to make fun of the Chronic, but ends up buying Eminem’s new album instead.

Tags: adjunct, Chronicle of Higher Education, eminem, Higher Ed, hiring, job market, lecturer, non-tenure, snark, tenture-track, tenure
Posted in academia, Education, grad, graduate, higher, history, ivory tower, learning, phd, professor, program, school, students, Teaching, university, writing | 9 Comments »