Year: 2019
#ThankfulThursday Building My C.V.
This week I am thankful for a second adjunct opportunity falling into place. With each additional appointment I receive, I build a record of experience in academia. I may intend to pursue my PhD in English specializing in the digital humanities as of next August, but I wanted the opportunity to teach at the college level before taking that next…
#WordlessWednesday Open Parking Space on the First Try!
#MotivationalMonday Last Week of My First Semester
As an instructor of the tutorial sections of Rhetoric and Composition I with Tutorial, this week marks my last week of classes for the semester. This will be the first of many last weeks, but I feel somewhat wistful as I prepare to bid farewell to my first batch of students. However, I am motivated to send them off before…
#Caturday Still Can’t Make the Bed!
#ThankfulThursday New Beginnings
As my first semester as an adjunct English instructor winds down, I count my blessings that my career began before I finished my Capstone project. During the fall semester I’ve instructed six tutorial sections of Rhetoric and Composition I, and the level of fulfillment I feel each time I meet with my students compares to nothing else I have ever…
#WordlessWednesday Handmade Professor Earrings
#TutoringTuesday Memes As Rhetoric
Can communication exist without words? Think of many popular memes you’ve seen recently. Odds are high that you can determine the context and tone of the message before you even read the macros or captions. Although we think of rhetoric as verbal or written communication, rhetoric extends to visual elements as well. Memes may seem like silly nonsense shared by…
#MotivationalMonday A Fresh Start
“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” –Lao Tzu Let’s take a moment for story time. Back at the end of March, I was under quite a bit of stress at home and at work. Our family was preparing to visit relatives in New York City, which compounded the issues a bit further. However, the road trip and vacation…