tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post8100715874741307424..comments2024-03-14T01:11:49.757-06:00Comments on chasing the long white cloud: My Pursuit of Intellectual LiquidityTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08502527563795165435noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post-2367969214121775402009-05-20T17:50:34.324-06:002009-05-20T17:50:34.324-06:00I honestly considered dropping out a number of tim...I honestly considered dropping out a number of times last semester. I was so close to leaving the program to pursue an MFA online from National University. But I'm sticking it out, mostly because I love teaching and, despite how jaded I am about academia's insularity, think I have something to offer students and the institution of higher education. I know I'm likely to get pissed off about how Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502527563795165435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post-62309882811937401952009-05-20T17:20:31.994-06:002009-05-20T17:20:31.994-06:00And that's part of why I'm dropping out of my PhD ...And that's part of why I'm dropping out of my PhD program. And because I hate teaching and suck at it. Plus I have a spouse who can work and support me :)<br /><br />Actually, I've really enjoyed my program here a lot and haven't felt too often the shoehorning effect by my professors. But I do feel quite disillusioned by the insularity of academia in general and feel that I would only become moreFoxyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17950095008611661757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post-34945213461225814372009-05-15T16:48:00.000-06:002009-05-15T16:48:00.000-06:00.
I think so to. And I'm trying to prepare my kid....<br /><br />I think so to. And I'm trying to prepare my kids for <I>that</I> brand of academia.Th.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post-27080599199341722292009-05-15T09:27:00.000-06:002009-05-15T09:27:00.000-06:00One thing that keeps me going in this vocational p...One thing that keeps me going in this vocational pursuit---though I very nearly gave up on my phud this semester---is my sense that technology is changing the face of higher education and scholarship, even if it's happening very slowly, or at least knowing that the Internet, etc., has the potential to change their shape. That's one thing Gideon addresses on Academic Evolution and I've found some Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502527563795165435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post-72368079609310290852009-05-14T16:43:00.000-06:002009-05-14T16:43:00.000-06:00.
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Because education, as I see it, is largely a ....<br /><br />"<br />Because education, as I see it, is largely a reciprocal process of constructing knowledge through interactions with the world and of connecting with others and organizations in networks of understanding....<br />"<br /><br />Well that's a nice thought.<br /><br />Really though, I agree with you fully. And the issues describe are what keep me from rethinking things and heading Th.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.com