By John Warner. College campuses are very safe spaces for some.
When it comes to the campus debate on the use of "safe spaces," is there a more ridiculous statement than “life doesn’t have safe spaces”. Read more...
01 octobre 2016
"Life Doesn't Have Safe Spaces"... Bulls__t.
Why and How One Instructor Uses Trigger Warnings
By John Warner. That instructor would be me.
I give my students lots of “heads-ups.”
For example, I tell them when I think an assignment might be harder than they’re anticipating and need more of their attention. Read more...
Where'd My Mountain Go? Whose Team Am I On?
By John Warner. I remarked to my wife the other morning that one of these days, I was going to forget to go to school and teach my class. Read more...
Getting Past "It's the Provost's Fault."
By John Warner. As true as "it's the provost's fault" may be, it can't be a stopping point for academic laborers. Read more...
Rethinking Rigor by Getting Out of the Way
By John Warner. By denying students constant access to grades, I've made my course more challenging. Read more...
The Battle of LIU-Brooklyn: Whose University Is It Anyway?
By John Warner. I don’t really know what happens to my semester syllabus when I email it to my department. I assume it’s collected with the other syllabi somewhere. Maybe someone reviews it to make sure I’m not up to anything too lunatic. Read more...
Faculty Are Laborers, Not 'Knowledge Workers'
By John Warner. To survive, we have to appropriately value what people will pay for, our labor. Read more...
In Defense of 'Sentimental Tosh'
By John Warner. I teach as though one of my students may win a Pulitzer someday. Read more...
Maybe I Should Join the 'New Cheating Economy'
By John Warner. Now that I’ve moved on from teaching full-time, it’s nice to know that if things get tight around the household I can join the “new cheating economy.” Read more...
The Roots of Those Not Good Enough C's
By John Warner. There's good reasons why C students in intro courses are less likely to graduate. Read more...
