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		<title>Follow-up on community involvement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government Inaction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve mentioned before that I was able to become involved in local government last summer. After being part of a local government subcommittee for the past six months, including biweekly meetings, I have a number of thoughts on the experience so far. In addition to my initial surprise at how quickly local government can move [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6340589&amp;post=1265&amp;subd=slac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The semester I&#8217;ve been waiting for</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two and a half years ago I faced an adjustment from teaching one or two courses per semester as a graduate student to teaching three courses per semester as a new assistant professor. My first semester taught me that I didn&#8217;t like preparing for MWF classes and that I didn&#8217;t have any time for research. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6340589&amp;post=1261&amp;subd=slac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The middle of the end for textbooks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teaching Tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Electronic Age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Education Announcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crooked Timber]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago when a larger, textbook-sized version of the Kindle was released I called it &#8220;the beginning of the end for textbooks.&#8221; While the Kindle DX still exists, it is not currently advertised as a part of the &#8220;Kindle Family&#8221; on the Amazon homepage. Bigger, it seems, is not necessarily more popular. Two [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6340589&amp;post=1257&amp;subd=slac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dreaming of students</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teaching Tricks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I&#8217;ve been teaching college students for years they&#8217;ve only recently started appearing in my dreams. First, there was the pre-ASA dream in which students were talking amongst themselves on the first day of class instead of listening attentively to the details of my exciting syllabus. Then, over winter break, I had two more dreams [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6340589&amp;post=1252&amp;subd=slac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Giving the Grad Skool Rulz</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently purchased copies of Fabio&#8217;s Grad Skool Rulz for myself and some students who are planning to go to grad school next year (and yes, I paid for the &#8220;copies&#8221; that I gave to students). The question I always have about packaged collections of things that originated on the internet is whether it is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6340589&amp;post=1245&amp;subd=slac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If at first you don&#8217;t succeed, change majors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Student Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Changing College Majors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my two and a half years of teaching at a liberal arts school, I&#8217;ve talked to a number of students who were switching to a major in the sociology department. There are a few reasons for this, including the fact that a lot of students change majors after they actually experience college classes and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6340589&amp;post=1243&amp;subd=slac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>College town vs. town with a college</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[R1]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent trip to to an R1 for a college basketball game brought back a feeling I didn&#8217;t know I missed &#8211; the feeling of being in a college town. It turns out that there is a huge difference between a &#8220;college town&#8221; and a &#8220;town with a college.&#8221; I suppose that I would classify [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6340589&amp;post=1239&amp;subd=slac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A syllabus in stone</title>
		<link>http://slac.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/a-syllabus-in-stone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Student Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Course Requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Foster Wallace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When starting out as a teacher I was often told that a syllabus is a sort of contract. (This doesn&#8217;t make a syllabus sound very exciting, but we can&#8217;t all be David Foster Wallace.) As I&#8217;ve prepared for classes over the years I&#8217;ve always kept this in mind. Although my syllabus notes that the class [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6340589&amp;post=1234&amp;subd=slac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dora explores the kitchen</title>
		<link>http://slac.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/dora-explores-the-kitchen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dora's Fiesta Kitchen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking of gender roles&#8230; Oh, Dora, I remember when you were young and spent all of your time exploring and avoiding Swiper with Map, Backpack, and Boots. Of course, everybody has to grow up sooner or later, but I had hoped that when you got older your adventures would continue. It seems, however, that your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6340589&amp;post=1227&amp;subd=slac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The loss of gender neutrality</title>
		<link>http://slac.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/the-loss-of-gender-neutrality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Androcentrism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Riley on Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Becoming an uncle was great until I went to the store to buy a 3-month old child some clothes for Christmas. While I&#8217;ve talked in class about gender differences in children&#8217;s toys and clothing these issues became even more infuriating as I attempted to find gender-neutral clothing in a children&#8217;s store. The &#8220;boys&#8217;&#8221; side of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slac.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6340589&amp;post=1225&amp;subd=slac&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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