tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post1330213600538939679..comments2023-10-11T04:09:53.564-07:00Comments on materfamilias writes: Liminality and the Academy at the Beach!materfamiliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-52736282527716077662011-09-19T09:06:59.802-07:002011-09-19T09:06:59.802-07:00Mardel: "too" could not apply to any of ...Mardel: "too" could not apply to any of your comments. Thanks for bothering the second time. It's true that it's easy to get weary of some aspects of 1st-year teaching, but that's a huge part of our student body and I've just decided to focus on the positive or be grumpy too much of the time. And after all, it's rather a privilege getting to watch young people develop citizenship, engagement, etc.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-72390950053218172052011-09-18T17:05:03.717-07:002011-09-18T17:05:03.717-07:00Oh my, did I lose my comment?? I was saying how m...Oh my, did I lose my comment?? I was saying how much I love your posts, wherever you go, and how it thrills me that you enjoy teaching 1st year students whereas my terribly jaded relatives in academe dread teaching 1st year.<br /><br />Well that comment was too long anyway.Mardelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850551308931710502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-69018192814289807232011-09-17T06:21:04.038-07:002011-09-17T06:21:04.038-07:00Aunt Snow: I feel very fortunate!Aunt Snow: I feel very fortunate!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-12050058808307736322011-09-14T21:45:48.193-07:002011-09-14T21:45:48.193-07:00You live in such a beautiful place!You live in such a beautiful place!Glennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681336164718681936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-15565095197766498722011-09-14T19:36:44.254-07:002011-09-14T19:36:44.254-07:00Lisa: It's interesting, isn't it? Of cours...Lisa: It's interesting, isn't it? Of course, I still work with many people who are appalled at the idea of willingly exposing private life on blogs or FB or Twitter. But I admire some of our kids' insouciance around the issue although some of it makes me leery. Thresholds are always seductive and potentially threatening at once.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-46706820340770797242011-09-14T17:17:56.851-07:002011-09-14T17:17:56.851-07:00I see all across the blogosphere people are coming...I see all across the blogosphere people are coming forward, integrating their selves. Our kids of course are used to this, and if anything have to pull back. At its best, this online/offline thing is going to provide us all with new thresholds to cross. I'm glad you're doing this too.LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-14442557302972088342011-09-13T21:15:35.102-07:002011-09-13T21:15:35.102-07:00Alison: It's interesting to go back a few year...Alison: It's interesting to go back a few years and compare sections of our blogs, isn't it? Sometimes it happens gradually, so that I realize one day that I rarely blog my knitting anymore whereas that used to be a regular feature. As for yours, though, I still see the artists referenced, if not quite as often, and I don't see you rambling at all but find your mix of art and life and clothing and grumbles and exultations all honest and intelligent and very funny. <br />Susan: I only hope the improvement lasts -- so far, so good. And it's fun to think of a connection between two blogging friends who haven't yet met, walking beaches so far apart, barefoot. Thanks for that.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-18847077036573388752011-09-13T21:11:34.714-07:002011-09-13T21:11:34.714-07:00Duchesse, I hope you know how much I appreciate yo...Duchesse, I hope you know how much I appreciate your faithful and astute readership.<br />L'AgeM, thanks so much for putting it this way -- yes, complexity can be tough but it's interesting and, I think, worthwhile. I'd love to tweet back and forth with you if you have time. It's been a fun learning curve, but oh the competition for our minutes, eh?<br />Terri, I missed that article. Do you have the link?<br />I find it intimidating trying to bridge the gap a bit, but I think it's something worth doing, within limits, of course.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-18220405965146706112011-09-13T08:43:23.069-07:002011-09-13T08:43:23.069-07:00Mater, you are so thoughtful, I enjoy reading what...Mater, you are so thoughtful, I enjoy reading what you have to say about all aspects of your life. I'm so glad the barefoot walking seems to be working. <br /><br />I took a barefoot beach walk in San Francisco about a week ago and loved the feeling of the sand and water between my toes. I thought of you.Susan Tinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11900811284963063686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-81773123936173322952011-09-13T05:54:35.154-07:002011-09-13T05:54:35.154-07:00We all evolve and our blogs should too, I can'...We all evolve and our blogs should too, I can't think of any blog that has not shape shifted in some way, my own included.<br />I remember being able to post on a myriad of artists and designers, now it's filled with the ramblings of a life unfulfilled and in danger of being filed away. That whole ridiculous academic meeting crapola, it kills me, why can't I just teach and go?<br />Like you my work is out and gathering dust. I am determined to start next week. There has to be a better life than compiling data, doesn't there?indigo16https://www.blogger.com/profile/16982477144454205765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-64568374422047850542011-09-12T20:47:41.748-07:002011-09-12T20:47:41.748-07:00It will be interesting to compare notes on the aca...It will be interesting to compare notes on the academic life...and I would have to say that this new approach is braver than my own though I came across an article (was in the Chronicle) this past week that suggests that this division I've created between my professional and personal lives on line may not need to be so guarded.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-15399624474953600382011-09-12T15:54:59.809-07:002011-09-12T15:54:59.809-07:00Surely we all can handle a little complexity. Int...Surely we all can handle a little complexity. Interesting people are interested in many things. Let's explore them all. I'll check in with your tweets and will try to tweet myself (although posting is enough of a challenge these days). I love all the connections and your thoughts are a particular favourite.L'age moyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03297717031402619963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-70811257721083924552011-09-12T14:52:46.370-07:002011-09-12T14:52:46.370-07:00I'm all ears- or should I say, eyes, and grate...I'm all ears- or should I say, eyes, and grateful for every post.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.com