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Saturday, October 24, 2026

Too soon?

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I just thought of an awesome comeback to something a classmate said to me in 1982.
Saturday, October 17, 2026

Interesting interview about student stress over the years

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Like a lot of Gen X college instructors, I'm often at a loss for how to deal with the effects of student stress, anxiety, and general me...
Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Four human advantages

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Came across this article about using AI in teaching by Lew Ludwig, a math professor. This paragraph stuck with me--I'm just going to qu...
Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Week three of classes--already knocked down by a cold

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At least I hope it's just a cold. I've been coughing a lot the last day or two, so I don't know if it's getting worse or tur...
Saturday, September 12, 2026

Social media quandaries

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In the week or so leading up to the beginning of the fall semester, I've cut back a lot on my use of LinkedIn, which is my only remainin...
Saturday, August 22, 2026

Our Kerr biography has a (tentative) title!

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Found out the other day that one of the titles in the running for the GHK biography has been approved by the sponsor of the book, the Taipei...

New school year's resolutions?

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I was going to write up my resolutions for the new academic year as I've done in the past , but I noticed that last year I didn't r...
Friday, July 31, 2026

Four new books in the former native speaker's library

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I got a collection of four small illustrated books about old Taichung , 《臺中舊城》, which includes  「宮原武熊的一天」(about Miyahara Takekuma, a Japanes...