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"Her Ensign"

by Hardy Parkeson, J.D.

May 24, 2009

Her Ensign by Hardy Parkerson on February 27, 2005. © All rights reserved [link removed]

The poinsettia he'd brought her looked like it was dead. "It's just needs to be watered," his mother had said. Her son had departed, gone back to his ship. Oh, how she'd enjoyed his brief Christmas trip!

To lift up her spirits she'd bought he...See More

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"Ordinary Feller"

by Hardy Parkerson, J.D.

May 24, 2009

Ordinary Feller Author: HardyParkerson

I,d like to be a learned scholar, Reading Shakespeare without pain; But I'm just an ordinary feller, And reading him drives me insane.

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C'est moi On 5/24/09, Hardy Parkerson, J.D. wrote: > > Ordinary Feller > Author: HardyParkerson > > I,d like to be a learned scholar, > Reading Shakespeare without pain; > But I'm just an ordinary feller, > And reading him drives me insane.

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Jun 3, 2009

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Hardy Parkerson, J.D. Very good, very good! Are you aware there is a website called "Shakespeare High"? If not, you might want to GOGGLE it and take a look at it. I am sure you will appreciate it. Thanks for your response to my ditty! I once quoted Shakespeare to the governor of Louisiana when I was trying to prevent a scheduled execution. I think the passage was from H...See More

Jun 4, 2009

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New Professor

by SSpil

May 26, 2009

Hello: I've been out of the workforce for a while raising my family. I'm going back very part time this fall by teaching a physics class at our local community college as an adjunct faculty. I do have some college level teaching experience, but it's been a good 15 years since I've been in the classroom. The biggest change I'm noticing is how much i...See More

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SSpil The college uses Angel for grades and communication. I've used it before so I'm comfortable with it. The homework site is different though. The department purchased it through the text supplier (Cengage) and it is a separate website. I can see all sorts of potential problems.

Thank you for your tips on the homework deadlines.

May 28, 2009

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pixie The college where I am an adjunct uses blackboard and has regular training sessions and refreshers for faculty. Maybe your college has something like that.

On 5/28/09, SSpil wrote: > The college uses Angel for grades and communication. I've used it > before so I'm comfortable with it. The homework site is different > though. The ...See More

May 29, 2009

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frusterated and angry

by Paul

May 28, 2009

I am a professor at a local university in my area and i teach philosophy, sociology, emergence of the USA, drama and psychology. My collegues irritate me so I try to limit my communication with them. Here is where the problem lays: students coming up to me and saying, "guess what professor Stone said about you today?" and them explaining how early ...See More

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jimV Yes.

Be polite yet firm. You are a professional and will act accordingly and expect others act in a similar fashion. Do not remark on being angry or frustrated, simply state that conversing with students about yourself or another professor in the manner presented as well as discussing the ongoings from a staff meeting are inappropriate and...See More

May 28, 2009

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pixie Is it just one professor? How many students have told these tales? Just to preclude the possibility that the students are misquoting or exagggerating, I would approach Prof. Stone and relate what the students have told you, specifying the number of times it has happened, and allow him to respond, before coming down on him as the last poster recomme...See More

May 29, 2009

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Is this board REALLY about being a professor?

by Kate

Jun 3, 2009

I have been reading some posts and it seems they are all about online schools. Are there any professors or grad students on here that discuss real academia issues?

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L. Swilley On 6/05/09, bernoulli wrote: > On 6/05/09, L. Swilley wrote:

>> [[ What commonly-held *principles* are applied by >> state, faculty, alumni to determine what your >> graduates should have teken to fulfill the larger >> purpose of their university education? (Without a >> commonly-held philosophy among all ...See MoreOn 6/05/09, bernoulli wrote: > On 6/05/09, L. Swilley wrote:

>> [[ What commonly-held *principles* are applied by >> state, faculty, alumni to determine what your >> graduates should have teken to fulfill the larger >> purpose of their university education? (Without a >> commonly-held philosophy among all the evaluators, >> the final estimate of what should be taught and >> learned must only be the results of a poll, no? Are >> the shape of the curriculum and a hierarchy of value >> of the subjects in it only a matter of >> state/faculty/alumni "votes" for them? It >> would seem that a curriculum determined by other than >> a commonly-held philosophy among its professors >> produces a mere cafeteria selection and finally a >> chaos.)]] >> >> [[L. Swilley]] >> bernouli: In a nutshell, I would say the commonly held > "principle" for curriculum development is > outcomes assessment.

Swilley: [[[ And by what principles are outcomes assessed?]]]

bernouli: At our university the widely > embraced educational philosophy is > "learn-by-doing" or "hands-on > learning." > > Whose outcomes you ask? In our departments analysis we > identified 18 customers ranging from #1 - The student > all the way down to licensing agencies that certify our > students. These customers include industry, taxpayers, > the administration, graduate programs, and our state > legislators. We prioritized our outcomes based on a > weighting of the customers.

Swilley: [[[I'm still in the dark. In industries, we ask, "What is it that you make?" In medicine, we ask "What constitutes good health and what means do you employ to secure it?" Consider the following:

[[[Inasmuch as every normal human being has the capacity to understand the world about him and to understand and appreciate those other humans with whom he must live - and through those experiences to kinow himself - it is imperative that he be given as rapidly as possible the intellectual means by which that understanding might be achieved; for without those means, he moves blindly and haphazardly, even dangerously, through circumstances that might otherwise make his and his neighbors' lives comfortable and happy (That he wants to be happy and that he has an inalienable right to happiness are truths that are self-evident.) He must be taught those subjects that reflect basic human interests and essentially different ways of thinking; History (memory, relfections on time, the past); Mathematics (our interest in quantifying, abstracting from the contrete world); Physical Sciences (our eager examinatinoo f the physical world about us); Social Science (our interest and concern in the various aspects of human social and poliktical conduct); the Arts (the "logic" of our imaginative lives). FINALLY - AND MOST IMPORTANTLY - PHILOSOPHY (THE ULTIMATE REALITIES AND ABSTRACTIONS, THE "RULES" FOR THE PRIORITIES AND CONDUCT OF ALL THE FORMER SUBJECTS AND THE DETERMINANT OF THE HIERARCHY OF THOSE SUBJECTS.)]]] > bernouli: All that being said, you can have the best curriculum > in the world, but if you can't deliver it then it means > nothing. So my current cross to bear is student > learning, reading and thinking--not tweaking the > curriculum.

Swilley: [[[My question does not concern delivery - admittedly a problem - but what is to be delivered and why - and which subjects are more important than others. Without a sound conviction about THAT, the best teacher in the world is a loose canon on the deck of education.]]]

[[[L. Swilley]]]

Jun 6, 2009

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Professor Hardy Parkerson Yes, yes, often the postings are not very academic; but, hey! Even professors are entitled to a sense of humor. And that name Bernoulli. Boy, that name Bernouilli sounds familiar! What scholarly publication did I see that at the top of recently? Was it a legal publication, or one about entomology... or maybe enzymology? Come on now, own up to your ...See More

Jun 7, 2009

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sleuth

by All Like Things " It Can Be"

Jun 3, 2009

Thoughts are sending out that magnetic signal that is drawing the parallel back to you.

The predominant thought or the mental attitude is magnet, and the LAW is that like attracts like, consequently, the mental attitude will invariably attract such condition as correspond to its nature.

The vibration of mental forces are the fine...See More

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sleuth On 6/03/09, All Like Thing " It Can Be" wrote: =================================================== Thoughts are sending out that magnetic signal, that is drawing the parallel back to you! The predominant thought or the mental attitude is magnet, And the LAW is that like attracts like! Consequently, the mental attitude will invariably attract such c...See More

Jun 6, 2009

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U R Correct You are politically correct Mr. Sleuth. The human mind is the most powerful "medula ablangata" in this universe..

On 6/06/09, sleuth wrote: > On 6/03/09, All Like Thing " It Can Be" wrote: > =================================================== > Thoughts are sending out that magnetic signal, > that is drawing the parallel back t...See More

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All Like Things " It Can Be"

by sleuth

Jun 3, 2009

Thoughts are sending out that magnetic signal that is drawing the parallel back to you. The predominant thought or the mental attitude is magnet, and the LAW is that attarct like, cosequently, the mental attitude will invariably attract such condition as correspond to its nature.

The variation of mental forces are the finest and cosequent...See More

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Who Cares Now?

by Hardy Parkerson, J.D.

Jun 4, 2009

Who Cares Now? by Hardy Parkerson

"Teacher, teacher, don't whip me! Whip that nigge(x) 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.

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McNeese State Football University

by Hardy Parkerson, J.D.

Jun 4, 2009

McNeese State Football University by Hardy Parkerson

McNeese has the best of all sports teams. Of the crop of athletes it has the creme. It wins a championship 'most every year. It even has its own golf course real near.

For basketball it doesn't use a gym, For McNeese has the Burton Coliseum. The best of all it has for its athlet...See More

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Jitter bug land

by sleuth

Jun 4, 2009

Must scratch sussie, must scratch sam. Join the jitter-bug of must scratch land, and Hardie he look like a tooth pick he was so skinny.

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E.T. On 6/04/09, sleuth wrote: > Must scratch sussie, must scratch sam. > Join the jitter-bug of must scratch land, and Hardie he > look like a tooth pick he is so skinny.

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