Comments for scrivel

Comment on notes on dj-ing 80s music by Joel

Joel — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:07:39 +0000

Absolutely brilliant synopsis of the music problem at the event… Bravo.

Comment on another response to stanley fish by KC

KC — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:36:30 +0000

What a coincidence — we’re reading Phaedrus and Gorgias next week. I’ve also asked that class to read Fish’s posts (and some responses to them), because I want to discuss where we might situate Fish in the whole Plato/sophist debate.

I gave them the Wired write-up of Andrea Lunsford’s work two weeks ago, so hopefully we can make something out of the stark contrast.

Comment on another response to stanley fish by derek

derek — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:48:50 +0000

yeah–click through and read the whole post by “James Gee” that Fish links to in his article. Gee asks explicitly for Fish to define good writing–and Fish never gets there. If he wants, as you say, pretty stylistics, then I say: bah humbug. Building sentences without building persuasion or analysis is boring–as Socrates might say, it smacks of flattery and cookery (we’re reading the Phaedrus and Gorgias in class this week).

Comment on random responses to student evals by Carrie Etter

Carrie Etter — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:04:43 +0000

These are fabulous, Kory. Perhaps you could distribute these before the evals go out?

Comment on moodle vs. sakai 2 by CaseyD

CaseyD — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:40:53 +0000

A lot of larger organizations have stacks of rules and procedures surrounding data ownership. And fiefdoms surrounding that data. And parallel fund-seeking efforts to support their staffing… at the expense of the others.

This can lead to staged rollout of sakai features, as well as feature abandonment.

oh and the instructors can come in last.

Comment on doctor, doctor by 7deadlycyns

7deadlycyns — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:29:06 +0000

I’m with C… on this, in that I would definitely be using the “Dr” (and wanting other people to do it too) if I were Dr. Biden, precisely because it is a reminder that her identity is not solely “wife of the VP.” And I think it is exactly that reason that she’s getting so much flack for it. She’s not content to just be “Mrs. Biden,” and this is somehow insulting to Washington. Why? Because we haven’t come that much of a long way, baby.

Comment on doctor, doctor by c...

c... — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:50:42 +0000

I think part of what might be causing the hubbub is that in the House and Senate most people don’t use “Dr.” as a title, even if they have a ph.d, but medical doctors (like Bill Frist) have used their Dr. and that’s become the standard (that only M.D.’s continue to use their Dr.).

The difference in the case of Dr. Biden is that she continues to hold a position that makes her particular ph.d. relevant while people who have ph.d’s and are currently serving in the US House and Senate usually aren’t simultaneously working as professors or lead researchers.

Also, though I am not a title person in the classroom, as a woman, I perfectly understand that there are times when my title will be important to me. If I were Dr. Biden, I’d want my title used as a reminder that my career is not “wife of the VP,” even if that was an important part of my professional and personal identity.

Comment on doctor, doctor by KC

KC — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:12:51 +0000

Yeah, the OED is many things, but politically progressive it’s not.

Comment on doctor, doctor by Samia

Samia — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:19:27 +0000

I like how the dictionary equated medicine men with “primitive tribes.” I guess there aren’t enough American Indians left to voice a problem with that.

Comment on fear and loathing and proposition 8 by Jon Dorse

Jon Dorse — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:16:50 +0000

Hello Kory, One of the earliest concepts taught in the study of yoga is that of Avidya. Aviday translates as ignorance; specifically ignorance of our ‘true’ self. The branches on the tree of ignorance that lead to nearly every error of action are desire, ego, aversion and fear. So yes as Yoda would say – “Fear is the path to the dark side.” But so are ego, desire and aversion – all of which are said to stem from ignorance.