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 KuperMar 21
Needless to say, there is no "learning outcome" associated with this activity. By all such standards, it's a waste of time. Oh well!
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 threadAndrej Bauer
@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?
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Show threadLindsey KuperMar 22
@andrejbauer @jfdm I don't use slides, so that's vacuously true.
Show threadAndrej BauerMar 22
@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.