Category Archives: UGA

3.99

Posted on 2007/12/14 by ngilmour

Just got my grade report back for the semester, and I got a solid A in my religion seminar. My cumulative graduate GPA at UGA is now 3.99, all solid A’s except for that A minus in Old English. Before … Continue reading →

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One down, one to go

Posted on 2007/12/13 by ngilmour

I hate double-grading.? Some time yesterday afternoon, when I had submitted my own last paper to my religion professor, and having finished grading all of my own freshman portfolios, I should have been done for the semester.? As it stands, … Continue reading →

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Cranking Out the Prose

Posted on 2007/12/04 by ngilmour

I’ve gotten my draft of Medine’s paper up to seven pages, and I’ve not yet cracked the Calvin section, potentially the longest.? When people say that writing is a habit, they’re right–since I started this blog I’ve been producing pages … Continue reading →

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The Drudgery Part

Posted on 2007/11/28 by ngilmour

I’m down to the letter S in my freshman comp papers. Now that does not account for those students whose papers I skipped on the way down, either because they turned the papers in late or because they expressed no … Continue reading →

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Lazy Industry

Posted on 2007/11/16 by ngilmour

I admit that, although I’m not going to miss much about the grad student life (no money, no respect, too much work, not enough time), I do dig sitting in coffee shops drafting term papers.? When I land at a … Continue reading →

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The Ooze: Historical Flux, Squishy Practice

Posted on 2007/11/15 by ngilmour

My presentation went well today, so well that Dr. Medine suggested that I write up my findings and submit it for presentation at next year’s American Academy of Religion meeting. She said today that nobody has really done much scholarly-wise … Continue reading →

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500 posts

Posted on 2007/11/15 by ngilmour

Admittedly, I’m carrying over more than 400 from the old blogspot site, but it’s notable at least. I might well write a bit this afternoon about my religion class? presentation today.? That happens at 9:30, and my topic is actually … Continue reading →

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Approved

Posted on 2007/11/09 by ngilmour

The UGA English department’s graduate coordinator emailed me today, and they’ve approved my proposal for an exam in theology and literature. I would celebrate, but now I’ve committed myself to another four thousand or so pages of reading.? So I’m … Continue reading →

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The end of the Republic, 2007 tour

Posted on 2007/10/17 by ngilmour

I think I named this post the same thing last year.? Ah, well.? If the name is a good one, why not stick with it? My brave students finished up with Plato’s baffling reincarnation chapter yesterday. ? I was sure … Continue reading →

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Turning to the Dark Side

Posted on 2007/10/12 by ngilmour

Yesterday we covered that bit of Plato that always makes me check the book’s cover and make sure it’s Plato and not somebody far more modern.? (I also tend to think, upon reading it, that Freud plagiarized it.)? Plato, having … Continue reading →

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Women, Children, and Others

Posted on 2007/10/04 by ngilmour

I typed this post once, but the UGA main library’s shady Internet connection lost it forever.? Ugh. I didn’t post about Tuesday’s classes because I was grading, and I think that was a mistake.? I’m going to try reconstructing some … Continue reading →

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Hoppin’ Hegel, Batman!

Posted on 2006/12/20 by ngilmour

I knew that next semester was going to be rough, but my professor for Hegelian and post-Hegelian literary theory just posted his reading list along with a Darth Vaderesque warning about the reading load. Yeesh! I just ordered Eagleton’s book … Continue reading →

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Crapula

Posted on 2006/12/04 by ngilmour

The sermon went well yesterday, and in the process of researching for it, I ran into one of the most fun vice-words I’ve ever seen, the Latin crapula. My Latin class ends tomorrow (exempt from the final), and my students … Continue reading →

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December 8, here I come

Posted on 2006/11/28 by ngilmour

The last sprint is on. I’ve taught my last class (we’re still meeting, but it’s all peer revision from here on out), Spenser class has seen its last meeting, and only four Latin and four Old English classes remain. I … Continue reading →

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Gearing up for Final Paper

Posted on 2006/11/25 by ngilmour

For the first semester in a long time, I’m only going to be working on one paper during the home stretch, and I’ve already got that half-written. I’m going to try to force myself through a Marxist history of early-modern … Continue reading →

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