Teaching the Kids to Listen Well By Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Here’s a funny story: A student asked to make up a quiz he missed due to his absence . He said he lost his keys. I referred him to the syllabus, which says no matter what the reason for the absence , quizzes aren’t… Read more »
A Classroom in Lost Angeles By Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. From Facebook , Monday March 14, 2014 at 5:41 pm PST “Feel free to twit this lecture out on your Tweeter accounts,” I said, making a combination of bird-chirp noises with gastro-intestinal/sheep bleating sounds. [Which if i may say so myself, I do perfectly after… Read more »
I’d like to wish you a very Joseph Christmas, instead. By Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. And what do we have against Mary, anyway ? What about women’s rights ? The Christmas holiday has cut the academic year in half for so long nobody remembers it being any other way, at least in our English-speaking world.… Read more »
Let’s take a closer look By Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. This new word occurred in my classroom some years ago but it was a faculty member who mentioned it to me in passing, first. A Democrat faculty member. A grade-inflater, probably. One of those faculty who just assume you’re a grade-inflating Democrat like they are.… Read more »
How to Handle the “Diversity & Inclusion” Police By Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The basic lesson one needs to grasp is that the diversity, equity and inclusion campus bureau-speak is for inequitably excluding, and if possible, shaming Republicans. I say “basic” lesson because there are intermediate and advanced lessons, as well. They will have to… Read more »