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Relativism, Revolutionary Fictionalism, Moral Facts and #TheDress

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson Aesthetics, Ethics, Open Source Pedagogy, Philosophy, Politics, Relativism, RMWMTMBM Archive, Teaching, Technology 0 Comments

[Disclaimer: this post is a brief, quickly-composed and so incomplete response to a number of tangentially-related events and essays from the last several days.  I have a lot more to say about all of them, including how they are not merely tangentially-related, but not now.] If you haven’t already, you should read yesterday’s Stone article in the…

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The Material Conditions of Grade Inflation

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson Labor Issues, Open Source Pedagogy, Philosophy, Politics, Professional Academy, RMWMTMBM Archive, Teaching 0 Comments

One of my colleagues, Jeff Gross (Asst Professor of American Literature and Culture), posted a really excellent essay entitled “Rethinking Grades” earlier today, which I want to recommend that everyone (especially educators in Tennessee) read post haste.  There, he raises a number of questions about how we think about the phenomenon, widespread in higher education today,…

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How It Will Go, Episode 2: Teaching Du Bois

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson HIWG, Open Source Pedagogy, Philosophy, Race and Racism, RMWMTMBM Archive, Teaching 0 Comments

This is the second installment in my How It Will Go series, documenting the regularity of students’ responses to certain figures/texts and, in the occasional rare instance that it happens, noting whatever variations I witness. Today’s episode: W.E.B. Du Bois on “The Conservation of Races” Context in which I teach this figure/text:  I usually teach…

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How It Will Go, Episode 1: Teaching Kant

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson HIWG, Open Source Pedagogy, Philosophy, RMWMTMBM Archive, Teaching 0 Comments

I’m starting a new series on this blog today, which I’ve named How It Will Go (hereafter, HIWG).  In each installment, I will anticipate how teaching a particular figure or text will go in my class, based on patterns that I’ve seen previously.  If something unusual or noteworthy happens, I’ll report back on it, but I…

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How It Will Go, Episode 3: Teaching Plato’s “The Story of Gyges’ Ring”

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson HIWG, Open Source Pedagogy, Philosophy, RMWMTMBM Archive, Teaching 0 Comments

This is the third installment of my series How It Will Go, documenting the regularity of students’ responses to certain figures/texts and, in the occasional rare instance that it happens, noting whatever variations I witness. Today’s episode: Plato, “The Story of Gyges’ Ring,” (from The Republic) Context in which I teach this figure/text:   I begin…

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How It Will Go, Episode 4: Teaching Marx

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson HIWG, Open Source Pedagogy, Philosophy, RMWMTMBM Archive, Teaching 0 Comments

This is the fourth installment of my series How It Will Go, documenting the regularity of students’ responses to certain figures/texts and, in the occasional rare instance that it happens, noting whatever variations I witness. Today’s episode: Karl Marx on “Estranged Labor” from the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 Context in which I teach this…

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Grading War Letters to Home, Winter 2014 (Day Four)

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson GradingWarLetterstoHome, RMWMTMBM Archive, Teaching 0 Comments

These are the letters from the second day of the 2014 Grading War.  If you landed here by accident and don’t know what you’re reading, click here for the backstory. Day Four, 11:22am Dear Charles,  I post this report on my station during a brief tho welcome respite. Forgive my wretched penmanship. I write quickly &…

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Grading War Letters to Home, Winter 2014 (Day Three)

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson GradingWarLetterstoHome, RMWMTMBM Archive, Teaching 0 Comments

These are the letters from the second day of the 2014 Grading War.  If you landed here by accident and don’t know what you’re reading, click here for the backstory. Day Three, 9:33am My Dear Friend Charles,  Your letter from yesterday was rec’d in due time, and would have been answered ere now, but for the…

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Grading War Letters to Home, Winter 2014 (Day Two)

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson GradingWarLetterstoHome, RMWMTMBM Archive, Teaching 0 Comments

These are the letters from the second day of the 2014 Grading War.  If you landed here by accident and don’t know what you’re reading, click here for the backstory. Day Two, 3:05am My Dearest Leigh, You cannot imagine my joy upon receiving your letter! I worked ceaselessly to fend off any and all of…

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Grading War Letters to Home, Winter 2014 (Day One)

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson GradingWarLetterstoHome, RMWMTMBM Archive, Teaching 0 Comments

These are the letters from the first day of the 2014 Grading War.  If you landed here by accident and don’t know what you’re reading, click here for the backstory. Day One, 12:40am My Dear Leigh, It has been far too long since I’ve written to you. For this transgression, I can only hope you can…

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