#english professor

[zsakuva]

My most popular series, The Strict English Professor: Season 1 is now on Spotify!

I will start uploading other series in due time, but for now, Happy New Year, and enjoy listening!

[yeetmeoffthisplanet]

[gingerbredman1989]

Muscular English Professor.

NightCafe AI

[booloocrew-blog]

Do you see the difference? Cause I don’t lol

[agentoffangirling]

I have not ranted enough about my English professor on here so now that the semester is over, here we go!

For starters, I believe that this man is truly well-educated on the subject. Like really, he knows what he's talking about. And for a white cishet guy, he picks majority poc, women, and queer authors to discuss in class. There was a ton of Baldwin and Kincaid being read and I think that deserves to be appreciated

HOWEVER

He didn't do shitttt

99% of our lectures were just reading the handouts that he gave us, and they were always very fresh from the copy tech room. Which, fine, I can deal with that, but we never did anything else with them! If we were given five handouts, usually only one was read in class, then we didn't do anything else with the other four (yes, even online), and then the next class he would give us five more handouts. By the end of the semester, this was the sheer amount of handouts that he gave:

Again, this is from 1 semester class. This could fill up three books

And nothing was done with like, 75% of them. We were given a ton of Poe stuff for Halloween but we never read any of them. We were given the 9/11 Commission Report and hardly made it through it. Last week he even mentioned that copytech had a new rule in place for how many things you could print out, and I'm sure it all has to do with him printing useless handouts all the time

So it when it came to his course evaluation a few months ago, yeah, I mentioned that he gave way too many handouts. Today he ended up bitching about it (LMAO) and said that he apparently shortened the list. Which. RIP those former students

There were other issues I had with him, like he just could not stay consistent on assignments. It felt like he was choosing his lesson plan day of and we never had much of a headsup for what we were going to be reading over. One time he got annoyed that no one purchased "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin, but the next class he said we didn't need it. Months down the line, he would be like "alright! Where's the book?" and got pissy when hardly anyone had it

If he showed a video, the audio would often be very loud and when the other professor asked him to turn it down, he would do so, but complain when her back was turned

Hardly any assignments online had due dates, and he would create random assignments for the fun of it that were due a very large amount of points, but he never graded assignments that we turned in. I have no idea what my grade is in that class bc nothing is visible and I can't test any potential scores

So while I'm sure this professor is a nice guy and he knows a lot, but hell no am I taking this class again

[appalachian-reptilian]

Honestly the best thing about teaching undergraduate composition is the looks on my students faces when they figure out a paper topic they are interested in. I don't know how comp. is taught in highschool, but its like they've seen the messiah when that idea comes to them.

[its-all-down-hill]

[plant-based-person]

had a fascinating english class that resulted in the notes header “the forcefeminization of victor frankenstein”

[fortheloveofenglish]

In Session with...

Every Monday, I will be sharing advice and personal experiences from professors from Northern Kentucky Univerisity. This Monday, Professor Lindsey Caldwell Thomas was pleased to be the first to share in this segment! Thomas was asked to share why she chose to study English, what made her choose the profession she is in now, and any advice for graduating English majors and beginner English majors. Here's her response;

I chose English as my major for no reason other than my love for writing and literature.  I enjoyed all of my English classes, and I loved both reading and writing, so taking these classes didn’t feel like work.  Majoring in English allowed me to continue with my passion in these areas, but I had no clue what I would do with my major during my undergrad years.

I had some truly great professors in undergrad that inspired me to pursue Rhetoric and Comp in graduate school.  Also, I love learning, particularly about the art of writing.  My dad would always tease me that I would spend the rest of my life in college if I could.  Well, he wasn’t too far from the truth there.  I continuously learn from my students and peers and teaching gives me room to continue this learning.  I love watching my students’ gears turn in their minds while learning.  Nothing is more exciting or rewarding for me than watching my students learn and “get it.”

My advice to English majors, and really any student, is to build relationships with their professors.  I wish I had done this more in undergrad.  We, as educators, want to help students when they are struggling and join in your successes.  Use your professors’ office hours.  Ask lots of questions and enjoy your time while you’re here. 

[roedent-official]

Digital version of Ervest's redesign.

[sleepyeye17]

My secret guilty pleasure is taking Gertrude Stein's prose and adding proper punctuation. Just for myself. Call it lawful chaos.

[ancientsstudies]

Farewell, Professor McGonagall.

[bricreative]

Outfit ideas for Max, cuz I will say I’m just not crazy about the skintight turtleneck in DE. And as always, butch Chloe

[nervanna]

He also asked Molly for advice :>

(For anyone who is guessing, his book is called "FANTASTIC BEASTS: a guide to education of an intelligent wizard)

[manzanamarim]

Guess what I finally got to play! I had a blast I wish lawyers were real

[regainingparadise]

Ok so I know there's a lot of lovely angst potential in the Gertrude trusts no one and lies to Gerry all the time dynamic. And the emotional aspect is definitely a factor

But really, on a practical level. Do we expect Gertrude "Defaces Every Eye She Sees" Robinson to share her secrets with Gerard "Covered In Eyes" Keay? Gerry is a walking spy camera for Jonah.