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seeking work in a college/university as a humanities/arts

by tired of k-12

Aug 26, 2013

Good day everyone! I have had it with teaching in k-12 and would rather teach in a college or university. I've a MA in Interdisciplinary Humanities Is there a call for this kind of instructor? I would love FT as I have to support myself completely. Please forward any links/jobs to me thank you!!

adjunct I would check out the job listings in the Journal of Higher Education.

On 8/26/13, tired of k-12 wrote:

> Good day everyone! I have had it with teaching in k-12 and

> would rather teach in a college or university. I've a MA in

> Interdisciplinary Humanities Is there a call for this kind

> o...See More

Sep 10, 2013

For Business and Computer Programming Professors

by Hannah Mahon

Sep 16, 2013

My name is Hannah Mahon, and I'm a writer for an online magazine that attempts to educate college students about certain trends and events going on in the world today. One of the articles I am writing about concerns the recent popularity in the programming major, and I am attempting to generate some reasons behind this as well as look at what that ...See More

marjoryt Computer concepts has been the traditional freshman level course that teaches students how a computer operates plus the MSOffice suite.

MANY college majors no longer require this course for graduation. These colleges assume the students know the information.

I'd like to differ. Students have their computer discover class in the 7t...See More

Sep 21, 2013

Engineering Prof. Wife From the perspective of engineering, my husband has spent his career being sure he prepared American undergrads for the 21st century in the engineering field he teaches. And "for him" t least this meant knowing more than just the MS Office Suite, emailing, texting, and whatever other social media stuff the college students can occupy themselves wit...See MoreFrom the perspective of engineering, my husband has spent his career being sure he prepared American undergrads for the 21st century in the engineering field he teaches. And "for him" t least this meant knowing more than just the MS Office Suite, emailing, texting, and whatever other social media stuff the college students can occupy themselves with during class.

He did this by having them learn not just how to run a commercial software package or learning a computer language in and of itself such as JAVA, but using computer applications to understand the underlying principals of an engineering field with such things as Visual Basics for Applications and Excel. These are real world business skills that his students have told them have served them well in places as diverse as financial institutions - visualizing the market trends and fluctuations as well as aerospace and aircraft designs.

Computer scientists would still like to say that only a "computer" person can program. However, what he says is that you can't really get the essence of a field if one is simply "programming" but does not have the technical background to understand what and why they are programming a specific concept etc.

The push in colleges today is to do as little as possible in terms of teaching undergraduates so that one will have time to spend on one's own research - which generates overhead for the universities - and if one must teach modern computer skills then for heaven sakes spend the time with your graduate students who can help you out (and a very large majority of them are foreign students.) And one wonders why we are falling behind as a nation in the science and engineering fields. Interest in undergraduate education is not at the top of the promotion and tenure committee nor pay raise grid.

On 9/16/13, Hannah Mahon wrote: > My name is Hannah Mahon, and I'm a writer for an online > magazine that attempts to educate college students about > certain trends and events going on in the world today. One > of the articles I am writing about concerns the recent > popularity in the programming major, and I am attempting to > generate some reasons behind this as well as look at what > that will mean for the business world. > > So, my three questions for both teachers of programming and > business are as follows: (1) Are students going into > programming because it's an important business skill? (2) > Is this major gaining popularity among non computer > engineer types because of the changes in the job market? > (3) What effect could a generation of programming students > have on the economy and the business world of tomorrow? > > Thank you so much for your input (in advance), it's > incredibly difficult to find people who are willing to > contribute.

Sep 23, 2013

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Sep 20, 2013

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Two Teachers - Poem by Hardy Parkerson

by ProfHardyParkerson, J.D.

Apr 21, 2014

Two Teachers by Hardy Parkerson

I wrote some verses just for fun; My teacher read them, I was glad; She told me where I had gone wrong, And I was sad.

I wrote more verses just for her; I hoped she'd take another look At what I'd done when I was home And I had put away my book.

"I haven't time to read your poems!" She snap...See More

In Finland Schools, specials aren't "specials"

Mar 4, 2014

In Finland Schools, specials aren't "specials"

Tim Walker is an American teacher teaching in Finland. His insights and comparison of US vs Finland school practices is highly informative and thought-provoking. Click below to read his latest post about "specials" in Finland schools (Click on his author byline to access more of his articles a...See More

Where is the link to the article? On 3/04/14, Kathleen wrote: > In Finland Schools, specials aren't "specials" > > Tim Walker is an American teacher teaching in Finland. His > insights and comparison of US vs Finland school practices is > highly informative and thought-provoking. Click below to > read his latest post about "specials" in Finland schools > (Click...See More

Apr 13, 2014

Here's the url On 3/04/14, Kathleen wrote: > In Finland Schools, specials aren't "specials" > > Tim Walker is an American teacher teaching in Finland. His > insights and comparison of US vs Finland school practices is > highly informative and thought-provoking. Click below to > read his latest post about "specials" in Finland schools > (Click...See More

Apr 13, 2014

Art Professors - How Do You Handle Free Labor Requests

by Curtis

Feb 14, 2014

I teach Art History and Design in a very small art department at a Junior College and I've been asked by the Academic Dean to have my students build a stage set for a school play. I was wondering how other professors handle these requests. I patiently told her that I was teaching a 2D design course and a Foundation Art Class. I mentioned I would be...See More

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Curtis Thank you Professor Hardy Parkerson for your very sweet response but I feel compelled to speak out against this policy of "Just consider yourself lucky that you've got a job and are a college professor and do the best you can with what you have" I believe this is the attitude that has cause many problems in America. I do not believe in going with t...See MoreThank you Professor Hardy Parkerson for your very sweet response but I feel compelled to speak out against this policy of "Just consider yourself lucky that you've got a job and are a college professor and do the best you can with what you have" I believe this is the attitude that has cause many problems in America. I do not believe in going with the flow just to save my job especially when it is unethical. I chose to be honest to the person in charge that requested this service by simply replying, "I'm not a construction worker and I don't teach an construction class." I also asked the division secretary who told me that the drama department offers a class in stage design so it is not necessary for them to ask this of me. In fact, it's silly and ignorant. I informed the dean that we offered a course in stage design. She did not know this. You see, with a little inquiry, the problem was solved. I have pointed out (very carefully) that having my students do free work is exploitation. Public school systems get away with this because the student is not paying for the courses. When you have students paying to learn a subject, you had better teach the subject! We, as educators can not hold a grade over their head for something outside the curriculum. What if I told my students, "Nobody passes unless they mow the lawn on the campus grounds." As ridiculous as that sounds, it is the same thing. I still get frequent calls from outsiders asking if my students can provide free labor for their cause and I usually respond by saying, "I will post this on our jobs board and with a little pay, you might be surprised how motivated our students will be." I usually get the response, "Of course. I'd be happy to pay them a small fee." This makes them and my students happy. When it comes to deans who simply do not know that this is exploitation, you have to gently nudge them into remembering that these are paying adults with human rights and holding a grade over their head for a chore that's outside the curriculum isn't a good idea. There are exceptions to this rule. For example, Dental students need actual cavities to fill but they do charge a small fee for their services and ask you to sign a waiver form. It's a give and take world and when you buy into the idea that I'm lucky to have a job so I'll let them push me and my students around, then you will have a bad job, not a good one because the exploitations will increase.

On 2/16/14, ProfHardyParkersonJD wrote: >> I would love to hear ideas from other teachers. How do you >> handle these requests? > > ***** > > Hardy Parkerson's Reply: > > Sorry no one has responded to your > good question, but let me take a shot > at it. Just consider yourself lucky > that you've got a job and are a college > professor and do the best you can with > what you have. Feel free to check around > with local businesses and such and see > what they may have to dontate you. Give > them a receipt for their donation, having > someone who knows something about what > has been donated give and off-the-cuff > appraisal for the receipt, and advise the > donors that their contributions are tax > deductable. You can't do the impossible, > but you can do the best to do what you > in fact can do. I suggest you seek out > a friend who can give you an estimate of > what the actual out-of-pocket cost of such > a project is and then post such figure on > line and ask for donations. Are you talking > about a lot of money, or not so much. > I know of one Charitable Trust that is a > possible donor for SOME money, but I would > need to know more about this "project" of > yours before I would feel comfortable > suggesting that the Trust make a donation > to this project. Keep up the good work! > Dare to dream, and dare to make your dreams > come true! You can do it! You are to be > commended on taking the initiative and > posting your question here on Teachers.net. > > Sincerely, > > Professor Hardy Parkerson, J.D. > Retired Lawyer, after 41 years at the Bar > (Tulane Law, Class of 1966) > [email removed]?

Apr 10, 2014

Curtis lease forgive all the grammatical errors below. I wish we could edit on this site. On 4/10/14, Curtis wrote: > Thank you Professor Hardy Parkerson for your very sweet > response but I feel compelled to speak out against this policy > of "Just consider yourself lucky > that you've got a job and are a college > professor and do the bes...See Morelease forgive all the grammatical errors below. I wish we could edit on this site. On 4/10/14, Curtis wrote: > Thank you Professor Hardy Parkerson for your very sweet > response but I feel compelled to speak out against this policy > of "Just consider yourself lucky > that you've got a job and are a college > professor and do the best you can with > what you have" > I believe this is the attitude that has caused many problems in > America. I do not believe in going with the flow just to save > my job especially when it is unethical. > I chose to be honest with the person in charge that requested > this service by simply replying, "I'm not a construction worker > and I don't teach a construction class." I also asked the > division secretary who told me that the drama department offers > a class in stage design so it is not necessary for them to ask > this of me. In fact, it's silly. I informed the > dean that we offered a course in stage design. She did not know > this. You see, with a little inquiry, the problem was solved. I > have pointed out (very carefully) that having my students do > free work is exploitation. Public school systems get away with > this because the student is not paying for the courses they take. When > you have students paying to learn a subject, you had better > teach the subject! We, as educators can not hold a grade over > their head for something outside the curriculum. What if I told > my students, "Nobody passes unless they mow the lawn on the > campus grounds." As ridiculous as that sounds, it is the same > thing. My students work full time and go to school full time. Unfortunately there are still a lot of people that do not realize that this is what it takes to earn a degree. > I still get frequent calls from outsiders asking if my students > can provide free labor for their cause and I usually respond by > saying, "I will post this on our jobs board and with a little > pay, you might be surprised how motivated our students will be." > I usually get the response, "Of course. I'd be happy to pay > them a small fee." > This makes them and my students happy. > When it comes to deans who simply do not know that this is > exploitation, you have to gently nudge them into remembering > that these are paying adults with human rights and holding a > grade over their head for a chore that's outside the curriculum > you teach isn't a good idea. (Especially when there is another class that does exactly what she is asking! > There are exceptions to this rule. For example, Dental students > need actual humans with cavities in their mouths to fill but they do charge a small fee for > their services and ask you to sign a waiver form. > It's a give and take world and when you buy into the idea that > I'm lucky to have a job so I'll let them push me and my > students around, then you will have a bad job, not a good one > because the exploitations will increase. I intend to enjoy my job while helping others and not whimper in fear when something isn't quite right. Thank you for your help, nonetheless. It's nice to hear a different side. > > > On 2/16/14, ProfHardyParkersonJD wrote: >>> I would love to hear ideas from other teachers. How do you >>> handle these requests? >> >> ***** >> >> Hardy Parkerson's Reply: >> >> Sorry no one has responded to your >> good question, but let me take a shot >> at it. Just consider yourself lucky >> that you've got a job and are a college >> professor and do the best you can with >> what you have. Feel free to check around >> with local businesses and such and see >> what they may have to dontate you. Give >> them a receipt for their donation, having >> someone who knows something about what >> has been donated give and off-the-cuff >> appraisal for the receipt, and advise the >> donors that their contributions are tax >> deductable. You can't do the impossible, >> but you can do the best to do what you >> in fact can do. I suggest you seek out >> a friend who can give you an estimate of >> what the actual out-of-pocket cost of such >> a project is and then post such figure on >> line and ask for donations. Are you talking >> about a lot of money, or not so much. >> I know of one Charitable Trust that is a >> possible donor for SOME money, but I would >> need to know more about this "project" of >> yours before I would feel comfortable >> suggesting that the Trust make a donation >> to this project. Keep up the good work! >> Dare to dream, and dare to make your dreams >> come true! You can do it! You are to be >> commended on taking the initiative and >> posting your question here on Teachers.net. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Professor Hardy Parkerson, J.D. >> Retired Lawyer, after 41 years at the Bar >> (Tulane Law, Class of 1966) >> [email removed]?

Apr 10, 2014

by ProfHardyParkerson, J.D.

Jan 3, 2014

Who Cares Now! by Hardy Parkerson

"Teacher, teacher, don't whip me! Whip that _igger behind that tree. He stole money, and I stole honey; Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ain't that funny!"

We sung that little song During recess at good old White Oak school: The richest little schoolhouse in Texas, Where football's number one.

And the tea...See MoreWho Cares Now! by Hardy Parkerson

"Teacher, teacher, don't whip me! Whip that _igger behind that tree. He stole money, and I stole honey; Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ain't that funny!"

We sung that little song During recess at good old White Oak school: The richest little schoolhouse in Texas, Where football's number one.

And the teacher beat me for doing nothing wrong, Just to show me that she could. And I've never forgotten that lesson! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ain't that funny!

The school board gave us the best of uniforms; But when we wore them out, They gave them to the Black kids over at Shiloh. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ain't that funny!

The teacher was the Scoutmaster And took us to Tonkawa; Initiated us by running us through the belt-line In our bathing suits.

As the older Scouts stood and beat us with lanyards On our bare backs and legs, As the Scoutmaster stood and laughed. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ain't that funny!

I always wondered if the teacher-Scoutmaster Stood in line and beat us too. Or did he just stand by and watch and laugh? But who cares! "Forget it!" they say.

Wish I could; but it's just hard to forget Even fifty years later. But who cared then? Who cares now?

Author Notes

About White Oak Elementary School; White Oak; Gregg County, TX, early 1950s. That was back in the days that there was no such thing as "child abuse". Teachers were always right; students were always wrong; and parents had no input into the school system. They beat one kid in my class almost to death during his elementary school years there; and I think he ended up going to the penitentiary. That was before the days of school psychologists and laws against child abuse. The teacher was the law and the principal was the judge, jury and executioner; and corporal punishment was the order of the day. It was hard at times to concentrate in class for the sounds of the principal's beating kids with a board down the hall and lisitening to the students scream for mercy. Oh,how that made me love teachers and school! There is more to it all than this, but this is something to think about.

H.P. Written May 15th, 2005

ProfHardyParkerson . On 1/03/14, ProfHardyParkerson, J.D. wrote: > Who Cares Now! > by Hardy Parkerson > > "Teacher, teacher, don't whip me! > Whip that _igger behind that tree. > He stole money, and I stole honey; > Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ain't that funny!" > > We sung that little song > During recess at good old White Oak school: > The ric...See More. On 1/03/14, ProfHardyParkerson, J.D. wrote: > Who Cares Now! > by Hardy Parkerson > > "Teacher, teacher, don't whip me! > Whip that _igger behind that tree. > He stole money, and I stole honey; > Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ain't that funny!" > > We sung that little song > During recess at good old White Oak school: > The richest little schoolhouse in Texas, > Where football's number one. > > And the teacher beat me for doing nothing wrong, > Just to show me that she could. > And I've never forgotten that lesson! > Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ain't that funny! > > The school board gave us the best of uniforms; > But when we wore them out, > They gave them to the Black kids over at Shiloh. > Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ain't that funny! > > The teacher was the Scoutmaster > And took us to Tonkawa; > Initiated us by running us through the belt-line > In our bathing suits. > > As the older Scouts stood and beat us with lanyards > On our bare backs and legs, > As the Scoutmaster stood and laughed. > Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ain't that funny! > > I always wondered if the teacher-Scoutmaster > Stood in line and beat us too. > Or did he just stand by and watch and laugh? > But who cares! "Forget it!" they say. > > Wish I could; but it's just hard to forget > Even fifty years later. > But who cared then? > Who cares now? > > > Author Notes > > About White Oak Elementary School; White Oak; Gregg > County, TX, early 1950s. That was back in the days that > there was no such thing as "child abuse". Teachers were > always right; students were always wrong; and parents had > no input into the school system. They beat one kid in my > class almost to death during his elementary school years > there; and I think he ended up going to the penitentiary. > That was before the days of school psychologists and laws > against child abuse. The teacher was the law and the > principal was the judge, jury and executioner; and corporal > punishment was the order of the day. It was hard at times > to concentrate in class for the sounds of the principal's > beating kids with a board down the hall and lisitening to > the students scream for mercy. Oh,how that made me love > teachers and school! There is more to it all than this, > but this is something to think about. > > H.P. > Written May 15th, 2005 >

Mar 28, 2014

School Choice, Tracking & Resegregation

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Mar 20, 2014

Linked below is the first of 4 excerpts we'll be sharing from the new book "On the Same Track: How Schools Can Join the Twenty-First-Century Struggle Against Resegregation" by school administrator Carol Corbett Burris (Beacon Press, March 18, 2014).

Coming soon: an opportunity to win a free copy of the book!

This excerpt reveals ...See More

Two Ladies and Justice - Poem

by Professor Hardy Parkerson, J.D.

Mar 16, 2014

Two Ladies and Justice

-by hardy parkerson

One day as I strolled upon green grassy field,

A vision appeared from over the hill:

A beautiful woman before me did stand;

A pair of golden scales in her hand.

Blindfolded she stood there

And spoke words to me:

"You'll be my eyes, Son...See More

"I'm One of the Worst Teachers in My State"

Mar 13, 2014

In "I'm One of the Worst Teachers in My State" award-winning teacher Simone Ryals writes:

In the past decade, I have been greatly moved and honored to win numerous awards and been nominated for more still. My curriculum night presentations are always standing room only, because I’m the funny teacher who is going to make that half hour co...See More

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