tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post865379179044005176..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-43332122458009725342007-12-03T14:36:00.000-06:002007-12-03T14:36:00.000-06:00Wow, I'm touched. Thanks for listing little ol' me...Wow, I'm touched. Thanks for listing little ol' me with the NYRB!<BR/><BR/>Andrew-with-very-little-time-for-blog-reading-these-days (let alone writing)Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-40330743752141972432007-12-02T20:53:00.000-06:002007-12-02T20:53:00.000-06:00There are definitely those benefits. I couldn't i...There are definitely those benefits. I couldn't imagine doing work that was just work. The interesting challenge is always to bring back those insights from the leave into the classroom and department again. For example, I am going to apply the two hours of writing principle to teaching in a way yet to be determined.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-51528928934919253142007-12-02T20:09:00.000-06:002007-12-02T20:09:00.000-06:00Frankly I think those of us who work in academic h...Frankly I think those of us who work in academic have a good life. We mainly focus on work that matters to us, we get to teach in ways that are exciting, our writing is taken seriously as a condition for our success, we get leaves, grants, summers. We even have colleagues with whom we can have terrific conversations. I did love being on leave last semester to write as much as I did, but I do like being back in the thick of things. Even a good committee meeting, where smart people talk smart pedagogy.Mark Statmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09193717815313736018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-8794641622223807952007-12-02T13:24:00.000-06:002007-12-02T13:24:00.000-06:00I am a high school science teacher. Still, I find...I am a high school science teacher. Still, I find time to write -- not two hours a day, but sometimes. I carve out little windows, escapes. I use this time to study the web, sites like yours, to see what others have out there. I'm trying so hard to improve my writing; I'm my little MFA program all on my own.<BR/>I'm starting a blogspot called karenperkins.blogspot.com.Karen Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11579943323907898261noreply@blogger.com