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doing some teaching prep on Romantic poetry, flicking through the Norton Anthology, and look the fact that Wordsworth wrote a poem called 'Nutting' is just very funny, it is just

Incidentally, my top tip if this happens to you:- speak very calmly and politely- get out a notebook and a pen- ask them which department they work for, and write

is it appropriate to tell my online students that they are entirely allowed to keep their cameras off unless their pet comes into the room in which case they are

*very Greek ideal of academe voice* NO you do not have my permission to burn your Norton Anthology for warmth, close reading is actually an excellent way to combat the

Honestly would like to know how being in my house and not getting enough done and avoiding the news has somehow rendered me so tired that I just slept through

Yes, this. I saw a piece with the tagline 'the ease with which universities have moved teaching online shows they could have been accessible all along' and while I am

I just restrained myself from responding to a take implying that too much teaching of English is to blame for people believing conspiracy theories (?) (??) because it takes attention