Lindsey KuperMar 21

Paulette mentions in her lovely, heartfelt post (https://types.pl/@koronkebitch/116263964501595558) that she's in PL for the people. The same is true for me.

I'm teaching undergrad PL again starting in about a week, and I'm thinking that this time around, I want to use lecture time to feature PL people that I love. Maybe once a week, I could show someone's photo, say a bit about how I know them, and then read out loud to the class something written either by or about them that conveys a sense of who they are.

paulette d. koronkevich (@[email protected])

since blogs are trendy https://koronkevi.ch/posts/humanity.html

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Show threadLindsey Kuper
Needless to say, there is no "learning outcome" associated with this activity. By all such standards, it's a waste of time. Oh well!
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Show threadLindsey KuperMar 21
Anyway, now I have to decide who to talk about and what to read by or about them. They should be people I know personally, at least well enough to have had dinner with them at a conference, let's say. I'm open to suggestions!
Show threadJan de Muijnck-HughesMar 21

@lindsey I do not it think it is a waste of time. Especially if you can match the person to the topic being taught, and a bonus if that person is from an underrepresented group!

Remember that the years when OPLSS had an all female line up, those years were both a statement that these people exist (compare to the usual suspects) and validation of those speakers tenure and ideas.

Show threadLindsey KuperMar 21
@jfdm I didn't say that it's a waste of time, only that it's a waste of time "by all such standards". I cannot, and do not want to, create a Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Related, and Time-bound learning outcome about love.
Show threadJan de Muijnck-HughesMar 21

@lindsey oops! Missed that part about standards.

Regardless, good luck with this. I wholeheartedly support this endeavour!

Show threadHumberto Ortiz-ZuazagaMar 21

@lindsey Damn the standards! I think it's a lovely idea, and students will see you think the time spent on the people are worth it.

A bioinformatics textbook I've used has half-page blurbs interspersed throughout the book with photos and biographies of some related researchers of the topics being covered.

Show threadPhilippa CowderoyMar 21

@lindsey @jfdm I mean this entirely without euphemism: the only kind of "smart" about love is learning to be better at it and all the associated skills

which, of course, proceeds to behave far more like "research about people (and cats, and...) on their terms" than like undergrad study

good thing this isn't measurable, huh?

Show threadAndrej BauerMar 22
@lindsey @jfdm Is there a university police which checks whether you "create a Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Related, and Time-bound learning outcome" on every specific slide of every lecture?
Show threadLindsey KuperMar 22
@andrejbauer @jfdm I don't use slides, so that's vacuously true.
Show threadAndrej Bauer6d ago
@lindsey @jfdm I just don't understand what the worry is here. Your idea is great, so what's stopping you?
Show threadLindsey Kuper6d ago
@andrejbauer @jfdm Nothing! I'm not worried.
Show threadDavid BeazleyMar 21
@lindsey I love the idea. There's an interesting human story behind everything.