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Again, PHD Comics captures the essence of grad school in Going Green:

The excellent PHD Comics continues its fun-but-painful arc on grading with “You know you’ve been grading too long when…”

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I’ve been tagged by P.D. with the “Why do you teach and why is academic freedom critical to that effort?” meme; so here goes.
I too am first inclined to the glib response, that I teach because I’m a philosopher, and how the hell else am I going to make a living doing that? But [...]

From PhD Comics

In the past few years I’ve noticed a little trend that has seemed to accelerate recently, and it’s this: The college students in my classes seem much more likely to respond to not doing well in my class by asking about and seeking out tutors in the subject.
Normally, I just tell them that they [...]