After AAR it's the open road - a mini-holiday in Colorado. But aren't there classes this week? Usually sessions the days before Thanksgiving are so poorly attended everything needs to be repeated after, so I've got in the habit of scheduling things fun but tangential to my courses. This year, the fun tangential things were also going to be online... But as you may have heard, nothing's happening at the moment coursewise: the part-time faculty strike continues, along with solidarity work stoppages from full-time faculty like me. The contract negotiations have apparently been acrimonious and unsatisfying, and it may be a while before agreement is reached. I'll be back at school next week; whether it will be teaching or picketing isn't clear.
Monday, November 21, 2022
Heading for the hills
After AAR it's the open road - a mini-holiday in Colorado. But aren't there classes this week? Usually sessions the days before Thanksgiving are so poorly attended everything needs to be repeated after, so I've got in the habit of scheduling things fun but tangential to my courses. This year, the fun tangential things were also going to be online... But as you may have heard, nothing's happening at the moment coursewise: the part-time faculty strike continues, along with solidarity work stoppages from full-time faculty like me. The contract negotiations have apparently been acrimonious and unsatisfying, and it may be a while before agreement is reached. I'll be back at school next week; whether it will be teaching or picketing isn't clear.
