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In my FB Memories today from 2017

Grading one batch of Dante papers while expecting another tomorrow, and so I was moved to send the annual reminder to students that the title of his famous work is not "The Portable Dante" (which is the name of the Penguin paperback we have, containing Mark Musa's translation of the complete "Divine Comedy" and a few other works. [I still fully expect at least one paper to refer to the author as Musa--not in a citation, I mean, but in, like, a "Musa's novel has a mindset on the religious aspect in which is very relatable to the people in today's society" sort of way. May I be proved wrong]).

Anyway, so a student writes back: "So should I quote it as Inferno, Purgatorio, or Paradiso?"

"...It depends on which of those three parts of the work a specific quote comes from," I manage to reply without the ellipsis.

#academia #grading #dante #student writing

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#academia #adjunct life #star trek #st:tng #meme

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#academia #grading scale #undergraduate history illustrated #christopher lee

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#academia #woke liberal madness #alleged indoctrination #it's all projection #insane conspiracy theorists in the comments

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#alexander the great #expanding brain meme #student essay

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The cover of this secondary-ed history book looks like a 1st-edition Vampire: the Masquerade RPG supplement (and one that would probably exist, perhaps with milkshake-drinking rules for your Ventrue).

#vampire #vampire the masquerade #textbook #age of progress #dumb observations

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A friend pointed out that the cast of "Thor: Ragnarok" provided a lot of fodder for discerning Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Science Fantasy, and, because I have grading to do, I then narrowed the focus to just Goldblum.

It's perhaps controversial to treat supernatural thrillers as fantasy. I hope you can cope.

#jeff goldblum #science fiction vs fantasy #science fiction #science fantasy #fantasy

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Deep thoughts on the passage of time

As an academic, I take the arrival of August each year as a personal failing.

#academia #summer #august

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That whole time?

#hammurabi #undead #really long reigns

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Professorial Coping Strategies: Extra Challenging Extra-Credit Assignments

According to FB Memories, ten years ago I promised students reading Machiavelli for our Western Civ survey that I'd give them extra credit if they managed to take over Rhode Island. But I don't think anyone tried, even though practically speaking they'd have needed to hold onto power only for two months until final grades were in.

#machiavelli #extra credit #academia #little rhody #rhode island #rhode island is for conquerors

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This is still kicking around. Over 22K notes! Even more than Latin “Baby Got Back,” this will be my legacy. Some people have saved lives or moved nations. Me, I’ve got this. If I had to do it all over again, I’d have put the president name somewhere in the middle so they wouldn’t be so samey, although it’s been interesting to watch the patterns change since the end of the year when I posted it. No doubt some budding fantasy conlang fan could explain these as place-name elements in the local language. Anyway, I hope that at least one person has used this for their RPG character’s name.

Professorial Coping Strategy # I’ve Lost Count: Making fun of internet memes.

#rpg #dnd #fantasy name generator #stupid

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The Funeral Orientation of Pericles

#pericles #undergraduate history illustrated

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#grading scale #academia #gustave courbet

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She's just not that into you, Tod.

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WHY ARE THEY CENTERING THE TEXT IN THEIR PAPERS. THERE IS LITERALLY NO JUSTIFICATION

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A very short treatise on government

EXAM QUESTION: According to Locke, what is the proper remedy for the inconveniences of the state of nature? STUDENT REPLY: Apologizing.

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Not clear if the student thought that the painting IS a photo, that recent photos can be taken only of recent paintings, or that any photo of a painting must be contemporaneous with the date of the painting.  Whichever way, it's a bit troubling. -- The image has gone away, so I’m adding it back in again, which will probably result eventually in the image appearing twice.  -- And yes, he DOES look like Sam Rockwell.

#jacques-louis david #oath of the horatii #undergraduate history illustrated #wtf-students