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Sherman Dorn


Mostly bright spots

Miscellaneous thoughts after being on campus for about nine hours:It's wonderful having a graduate assistant help with preparing manuscripts. I am now several weeks ahead on getting the next article...

Started in Sherman Dorn • 4 weeks ago • 0 responses
Shared responsibilities III: The next ESEA

Over the summer, Charles Barone challenged me to put up or shut up on NCLB/ESEA. I immediately said that was fair; Accountability Frankenstein had a last chapter that was general, not specific to...

Started in Sherman Dorn • 4 weeks ago • 0 responses
Monday bits, Sept 15 version

Another potpourri entry for Monday morning.Plane flights that land at 10:40 pm lead to grogginess at 5:30 the next morning. Evidence: I think this is a profound observation right now.The count in my...

Started in Sherman Dorn • 4 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tuesday bits, September 16

Right now, at about 10:30 in the morning, I have a "this too shall pass" attitude towards anything that isn't working right now. Why?Most of class this morning was spent delving into the grandiose...

Started in Sherman Dorn • 4 weeks ago • 0 responses
I want to be able to lead a double life

At the end of the week and looking forward (not!) to a rush-hour drive to a hotel for a weekend meeting, I realize that I really want to have the time to lead a double life, because I have double the...

Started in Sherman Dorn • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Michael Bérubé in Tampa Tuesday!

I'm exhausted and probably should head to bed soon, but Professor of Dangeral Studies Michael Bérubé is the honored guest of the United Faculty of Florida USF Chapter, who is bringing him to the...

Started in Sherman Dorn • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Critical thinking and cultural work

I have another hour or so of work to do before bed, out of a combination of weekend-long computer woes, an uncooperative body, scheduling near-misses, and a delayed plane. But as a result of Michael...

Started in Sherman Dorn • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Michael Bérubé Tuesday

I'm too exhausted right now to think too much about Bérubé's visit today. I know that his synapses work at least three times as quickly as mine do, he and I disagree about the definition of cultural...

Started in Sherman Dorn • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
Epistle to the late night

Dear evening, I very much enjoy your company at times such as this evening, when I love to unwind at the end of a day and contemplate ideas that I usually do not have time to. But that's not this...

Started in Sherman Dorn • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
In formidonis

A week ago or so, my daughter's composition class teacher assigned an essay that was clearly linked to the history class: not an essay, but Jonathan Edwards's Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God...

Started in Sherman Dorn • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses