Category Archives: quotable

"education is like a series of micro-traumas"

Said by a pro­fes­sor in pop cul­ture class today, with a cer­tain air of… res­ig­na­tion?: “Edu­ca­tion is like a series of micro-traumas. You do an assign­ment, hand it in, get eval­u­ated, feel badly about your­self.” So, so true. Must it be this way? Sigh.

July 20, 2011 – 5:03 pm | By pamela j. stubbart | Posted in education, quotable | Comments (2)

"you're only cheating yourself"

As a grad­u­ate teach­ing assis­tant and course instruc­tor, I’ve encoun­tered cheat­ing and pla­gia­rism a num­ber of times. I know that many of my friends encounter sim­i­lar issues as well. So, to mark the end of this semes­ter, I thought I’d start a mini-series of posts on the sub­ject. First up: the “you’re only cheat­ing your­self” …

May 10, 2010 – 9:07 am | By pamela j. stubbart | Posted in applied ethics, education, ethics, quotable, teaching | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (6)

what’s there to find?

Last week, I received this for­tune in a for­tune cookie: “Turn your thoughts within — find your­self” Peo­ple say things like this quite alot. It sounds very roman­tic and excit­ing to describe one’s tri­als and tribu­la­tions as being in the ser­vice of some greater, higher goal — that of find­ing one­self. Now, I’m not par­tic­u­larly …

May 3, 2010 – 11:59 am | By pamela j. stubbart | Posted in ethics, quotable | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (2)

madeleine albright thinks I'm going to hell

The other day, I saw a Madeleine Albright quote in my Twit­ter time­line. I don’t know if this Time mag­a­zine inter­view is the orig­i­nal source, but this is the quote (bold): What advice do you have for women who want respect from their male col­leagues? Dana Philbin, CHICAGO Women have to be active lis­ten­ers and …

October 29, 2009 – 10:19 am | By pamela j. stubbart | Posted in feminism, quotable | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)