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by Hardy Parkereson
Jun 4, 2009
When Words Fail You by Hardy Parkerson
When words fail you And thoughts o'erwhelm you, When you would say What's on your mind, but can't; It's then you want to Resume your studies; It's then you want to Go back to college; It's then you want That extra knowledge That you missed The first time through.
by Hardy Parkerson, J.D.
Jun 4, 2009
Ode to Lynda Lee (On I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES, by Glenn Clark; Harper and Bros. 1937) by Hardy Parkerson
This old book is tattered; This old book it torn; This old book is yellow; This old book is worn. The one who wrote it now is dead. Oh, how he wanted this old book read!
This old book grew old; It looked a terrible sight And s...See MoreOde to Lynda Lee (On I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES, by Glenn Clark; Harper and Bros. 1937) by Hardy Parkerson
This old book is tattered; This old book it torn; This old book is yellow; This old book is worn. The one who wrote it now is dead. Oh, how he wanted this old book read!
This old book grew old; It looked a terrible sight And so the librarian threw it away one night; But a scholar, digging in the trash for books, Rescued it from the bin. Now this old book is read again.
The author of this old book is dead and forgotten, But his words speak on on pages now rotten. The worm and roach have done their deeds Upon its spine and edges; But just as much today as ever The author speaks from its pages.
Within these pages are diamonds and pearls For scholars and saints to discover; But the librarian threw it away, Regarding only its yellowed cover.
Oh, read with care and turn with ease The pages of this old book: The one the scholar rescued from the trash bin, The one the librarian forsook!
All hail thou noble land, Our Fatrhers' native soil! Oh, strecth thy mighty hand, Gigantic grown by toil, O'er the vast Atlantic wave to our shore! For thou, with magic might, Canst reach to where the light Of Phoebus travels bright The world o'er!
Nor force nor fraud shall sunder us! Oh ye Who north or south, on east or western land, Native to noble sounds, say truth for truth, Freedom for freedom, love for love, and God.
To: C'est moi, who are those WE? Are you referring to all professors of this chatboard? Why encourage someone don't teach someone or him? How did you manage to come up with a conclusion that students will have nothing to gain regarding Mr. William Shakespeares' books? Same is one of the greatest writer, poetry and dramatist, it isn't nice to teach ...See MoreTo: C'est moi, who are those WE? Are you referring to all professors of this chatboard? Why encourage someone don't teach someone or him? How did you manage to come up with a conclusion that students will have nothing to gain regarding Mr. William Shakespeares' books? Same is one of the greatest writer, poetry and dramatist, it isn't nice to teach this thing in your classroom or you want to deprive your students the taste of knowledge and aroma of one Shakespeare successful story books! Perhaps, I can say that you need to re-study the basic lesson 101, which is mean don't make something up that does not make sense.. You guys are professors for crying out loud, you suppose to be proud about what you do, and lead your students, and teaching is part of a learning too. Now ambiguity is running in and out of my mind, you are probably just one of those classical trash bin professors who is pretending to be someone but it is not..ciao ..time
I teach in a community college and once in a while I have one or two students that spend some of their time talking too much during class. I know this is college level and you can ask them to leave the class if they don't want to be quiet. But, what would you do so they stop chatting? Thanks.
I am currently trying to find out information in my home state, CO, about teaching at the community college level. I'm just not sure how the salary would be determined. I do expect to start/stay part time, and may split my time amongst colleges.
So, what can I expect from this prospect? Thanks, Carl
When I first chose my major (psychology) I planned to get a Ph.D. and become a professor and researcher. After researching the job market, and life, I've ended up a high school special ed/social studies teacher (I love it, but don't see me spending the next 20 years or more as a high school teacher in a special ed or social studies classroom). Look...See MoreWhen I first chose my major (psychology) I planned to get a Ph.D. and become a professor and researcher. After researching the job market, and life, I've ended up a high school special ed/social studies teacher (I love it, but don't see me spending the next 20 years or more as a high school teacher in a special ed or social studies classroom). Looking at graduate school options, I'm more and more becoming interested in teaching at the college level again.
I love teaching and now I think I'd prefer the community college or liberal arts college atmosphere because I want to be a teacher first and researcher second.
However, pay can be a problem. Looking at local community colleges, their pay scale is similar to that for public school teachers. By the time I have my doctorate in education I will have about a decade of teaching experience.
If I do my MA and doctorate in psychology or history I would assume I'd start at the beginning of the scale and get no credit towards salary for my high school teaching experience. However, if I get my doctorate in education I was wondering how that works. Many education faculty have elementary and high school teaching experience, sometimes quite a few years of experience. Do they usually get credit on the salary scale for their teaching experience (since it is related to their academic area) since so many have extensive teaching experience, or do they have to start from scratch when they become a professor?
I ask, since I probably won't be able to afford a large pay cut and I want to know what the standard is for these things before I start (i.e. if I'll be starting in the $40's or worse, upper $30s, I may was well pursue a different direction). I know each college will probably have its own policies, but I assume there is a general standard to how most schools handle this situation.
by L. Swilley
Jun 8, 2009
When the liberal arts were strong in universities, their students were gentlemen - wealthy men who did not work (and did not need to) and who ideally spent the rest of their lives improving their minds and serving society in politics and arts and without pay. The best of these were aware that in pursuing the liberal arts they were realizing their h...See MoreWhen the liberal arts were strong in universities, their students were gentlemen - wealthy men who did not work (and did not need to) and who ideally spent the rest of their lives improving their minds and serving society in politics and arts and without pay. The best of these were aware that in pursuing the liberal arts they were realizing their human being.
Democratization has significantly changed all that; these days and for a long time most colleges and universities have more or less shelved the liberal arts and devoted their efforts to the training of the worker, professional and technical. The liberal arts are suffered, but they are no longer in the forefront of required subjects. The development of human being has given way to the production of the worker.
Educators who lament this, seem not to have noticed that the new "gentleman," the new wealthy, leisured person is not only the trust baby but that growing number of persons who are retired, many of them perhaps unconsciously hungry for a meaningful intellectual life.
I see little evidence that the exclusively liberal arts colleges (like St. John's?) make significant effort to recruit these new "gentlemen." It is a pity. Those of us who have been so fortunate as to have had older and retired persons as students in our classes and found them delightfully eager to learn our subjects for simply the sake of the knowledge should speak to our university administrations and urge them to make a special effort to recruit these potential students.
L. Swilley
by Prof. Hardy Parkerson, J.D.
Jun 10, 2009
For Those Who Ride the Dog by Hardy Parkerson - April 2, 2005
Ain't doin' no good. Wife's on my back. Wants me to work in the yard, And that's a fact.
I just gotta do it! I can't quit! Just gotta do it! I gotta make it! I gotta do better, it's plan to see; Gotta read Boone Pickens' biography.
Don't know how long my kite's...See MoreFor Those Who Ride the Dog by Hardy Parkerson - April 2, 2005
Ain't doin' no good. Wife's on my back. Wants me to work in the yard, And that's a fact.
I just gotta do it! I can't quit! Just gotta do it! I gotta make it! I gotta do better, it's plan to see; Gotta read Boone Pickens' biography.
Don't know how long my kite's gonna fly; I'm sure I'll make it bye and bye. Sometimes I write poems on a whim. And spend my time recitin' them.
I read "All About Music" from BLUE MOON CAFE: Best thing I've read in many a day. "All About Music" gave me the cries; Made big old tears come to my eyes.
I'd never heard of Grayson Capps, Nor any of those other Orleans chaps; But Capps' story makes me cry. He's quite a writer, and that's no lie!
They say that Capps went to Tulane. When I was there, some called it "Jewlane". "Jewlane" and "Jewcomb" there on Broadway, Where all are welcome: Jew, Gentile, Black, Lesbian, Gay.
At night I walked down Natchez Alley With a sexy beauty whose name was Sally. She was a red-head from Fairhope, AL: Just a typical beautiful Newcomb gal.
I rode the dog to get to school. My mother said, "That Hardy's no fool! Though we're not rich, he'll make it yet. Of that I'm sure; I'm willin' to bet."
On the dog from Tulsa with a girl named Alice, We both got off of the dog in Dallas And went Downtown and shook the hand Of Roger Craig, the "Rambler Man",
Who said he saw the man shoot John, And L.H.O. was not the one. He'd told Earl Warren what he'd seen, he said. And 'twasn't long 'fore he was dead.
But what he said I've in my log Entitled "For Those Who Ride the Dog."
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A Constitutional Dream
-by hardy parkerson
The other night I had a dream As real as it could be. There were Wasington, Madison, Hamilton, Standin’ right in front of me.
Old George he asked, “Where has it gone, The charter that we wrote? The Bill of Rights, where has it gone?” A lump swelled in...See More