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A Polar Bear Swimming
http://polarbearswimming.blogspot.com
A Polar Bear Swimming is a group blog about the American university system. We are PB-K and PB-E: students, teachers, tutors, hopefully soon-to-be medical school admits, PhD candidates, and a bunch of other good and questionable stuff. At APBS, we write openly about our daily trials and tribulations in and out of the classroom, our life triumphs (few as they may be), and the stuff that makes us guffaw and spit our coffee across the table. Enjoy!
- Added on: Aug 15th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: polar bear
- Listed in: Higher Personal
- Tags: education funny teaching medical school University Academia
Recent Posts
RWRW
Reading...The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. Love it, love it, love it. My eyes keep welling up with tears. The first fifty pages, I thought, were especially beautiful. And then I just heard that there's a film version! I'm very excited to see it as...
Rough Week
One of my students (anonymously) said some really hurtful things about me as a teacher, and I am really, deeply sad about it. It's difficult to focus on anything else, frankly, because I just keep running over the comments in my head and wondering w...
RWRW
Reading David Lodge (again): this time, The British Museum is Falling Down. It's OK. Trying to be rapid-fire and witty, usually falling a bit flat. I'm interested in the whole Catholic sex/birth control/"Rhythm" discussion, though, so that's intere...
Update.
In the middle of a grading shitstorm, but trying to carve out a few hours here and there for my own work, since I have a revision deadline uPON me. As in... a few days away. Procrastinating terribly... It's really bad.Here's my plan for the day (up...
Why I Love Vanity Fair
Meandering update
Had yoga last night. GD's work-flurry-that-consumed-February seems to be calming down, and that, paired with the spring-like weather, is making me calm down. I love this time of year. Trees are blossoming, birds are audible again. Starting to thi...
