Dear student:

If I can remember what 60 of you wish to be called & respect that, I'd think you could figure out a way to address me properly.

It is disrespectful, after I've explained it to the class twice & you at least twice more, for you to continue to refer to a female professor with an earned doctorate as "Mrs."

There is no one by that name here and so I'll be returning any future missives addressed to that personage as undeliverable.

Thank you,
That is all.

Signed,
DOCTOR Lowly

It's something else when a prof is afraid to celebrate Black History Month in class, and when doing so anyway feels like an act of bravery--or foolishness.

Sigh.

It Matters Where You’re Standing

Critical Theory Let's talk about critical theory for a minute. Do you remember the scene in How to Train Your Dragon when Hiccup remarks to Toothless that "Everything we know about you guys is wrong"? Why were they wrong? Understanding positionality That's what critical theory is about. A major tenet of the theory is that knowledge is socially constructed. I talked about this in an earlier lecture when I compared the entirely different…

https://docwood.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/it-matters-where-youre-standing/

"Georgia’s public campuses understand this responsibility. They’re.... aligning programs with workforce needs"

FFS, Dude. That's not "responsibility," that's knuckling under to external pressures that run counter to the mission of a four-year college. Students can get job training at 2-year community college programs for a fraction of the money, more specifically attuned to the job they'll be doing, in half the time.

Argle bargle.

Love to know what you think of this op/ed.

Anyway. He repeats that same dumb construction 3 or 4 times--no wait, 6 & counting....

Heck, 2x in 1para:

"A degree isn’t only a piece of paper.... It’s also a crash course in learning how to “get stuff done,” otherwise known as a degree in GSD. Those phrases may sound lighthearted, but they reflect something serious. When you do things right, college students graduate with effective communication skills, the ability to navigate complex situations and the flexibility to think on their feet."

I wish I could remember where I saw this stat but it said something like 80% of students were using AI to bypass any semblance of learning, never mind thinking or problem solving. But do go on, sir:

"Tomorrow’s graduates won’t just use AI, but will need to know how to prompt it effectively and connect it to real-world applications. That’s the next frontier of problem-solving, and it demands the same critical thinking and adaptability that a college education provides."

Yeah, yeah, whatever.