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  1. 🌳📝 So apparently, writing non-fiction is like channeling your inner Bob Ross and painting a happy little tree. 🤔 Just start with the trunk and voilà! And if all else fails, blame your professor for making your class the academic equivalent of drawing a stick figure. 🎨💼
    devz.cl/posts/how-to-write/ #nonfictionwriting #creativeprocess #bobross #writingtips #academiclife #HackerNews #ngated

  2. 🌳📝 So apparently, writing non-fiction is like channeling your inner Bob Ross and painting a happy little tree. 🤔 Just start with the trunk and voilà! And if all else fails, blame your professor for making your class the academic equivalent of drawing a stick figure. 🎨💼
    devz.cl/posts/how-to-write/ #nonfictionwriting #creativeprocess #bobross #writingtips #academiclife #HackerNews #ngated

  3. 🌳📝 So apparently, writing non-fiction is like channeling your inner Bob Ross and painting a happy little tree. 🤔 Just start with the trunk and voilà! And if all else fails, blame your professor for making your class the academic equivalent of drawing a stick figure. 🎨💼
    devz.cl/posts/how-to-write/ #nonfictionwriting #creativeprocess #bobross #writingtips #academiclife #HackerNews #ngated

  4. 🌳📝 So apparently, writing non-fiction is like channeling your inner Bob Ross and painting a happy little tree. 🤔 Just start with the trunk and voilà! And if all else fails, blame your professor for making your class the academic equivalent of drawing a stick figure. 🎨💼
    devz.cl/posts/how-to-write/ #nonfictionwriting #creativeprocess #bobross #writingtips #academiclife #HackerNews #ngated

  5. 🌳📝 So apparently, writing non-fiction is like channeling your inner Bob Ross and painting a happy little tree. 🤔 Just start with the trunk and voilà! And if all else fails, blame your professor for making your class the academic equivalent of drawing a stick figure. 🎨💼
    devz.cl/posts/how-to-write/ #nonfictionwriting #creativeprocess #bobross #writingtips #academiclife #HackerNews #ngated

  6. It's only shortly past 8 in the morning, but I need to #vent.
    I just overheard a new #tenure track assistant #professor talk about how they got there.
    In a nutshell, they haven't left the department since their master studies and stumbled into the tenure process by accident.

    I am (kinda) happy for them, but I am also so incredibly fucking jealous!

    I have switched not only university but country after every degree/job, so by now I live in country number 5 since starting by studies.
    The longest I've been in the same country was during my #PhD plus pandemic and unemployment for over a year.

    Especially older #academics don't seem to understand this, because whenever I mention any of this I encounter completely blank stares. Note, I'm in a department where most senior staff is local and celebrating 15-35+ years at the same employer.

    I'm in my mid-30, I don't want to move every few years when my temporary contract ends.
    I want to be able to plan more than 1-2 years at a time.

    I absolutely love doing #research, but I hate so many aspects of #academic culture or what has been normalized over the years for #AcademicLife.
    I plan on staying in #academia despite of it.

    #Rant over, time to calm down and sip my tea.

    #PostDocLife #PhDLife #academicchatter #MyLifeAsAnAcademic #AcademicMastodon #tenuretrack

  7. According to WHO, 7% of the global adult population struggles with #alcohol dependency, and over 64 million suffer from drug addiction. Yet, these issues often remain hidden in universities due to the fear of judgment and reputational loss. #Nature recently published an eye-opening article about academics who have courageously shared their stories of #addiction and recovery: doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-042 👏 #AcademicPressure #ScienceWithoutStigma #AcademicLife

  8. 1/2: Global Faculty Development might sound like a slogan or exaggeration of international outreach, but I learned from having such a position at Kansai University in Osaka from 2016-2020 that Global FD can have a specific and practical definition in a suitable context. Basically, Global FD means meeting the needs of non-native English-using faculty members in non-Western countries. Specific guidance could involve preparing teachers for English-medium (or other international language) instruction (particularly to classes with international students), giving presentations at international conferences, publishing journal papers, and other scholarly
    tasks. Research findings: "Meeting Global Faculty Development Needs in Japan" at researchgate.net/publication/3 or academia.edu/38264974
    #FacultyDevelopment #GlobalFD #Osaka #Japan #EnglishMediumInstruction #AcademicStandards #AcademicEthics #AcademicLife #eLearning #OnlineEducation #AsianStudies #Japan #Bilingualism #ForeignLanguageTeaching