Anonymous colleague on how to explain academic titles to students:
"The two-part academic title with colon is like a reverse mullet. Party in the front, business in the back."
This, of course, my students understand. The Social Sciences Citation Index? Not so much.
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Oh god! So funny. I always explain writing rhetorically as how you tell your mom something totally different about that party you went to last night than you tell to your idiot friend. You want to show your friend that it was the party of the season and they should've gone. You want to convince your mom to let you go to more parties. Very different stories. Oh yeah, they say. The light bulbs couldn't be brighter.
I never thought I'd say I'm going to steal a reverse mullet. But I am.
(Sorry about the previous deletion. Found a typo. Just couldn't live with it.)
EE: I completely get deleting because of a typo. No worries.
Steal away! I'm going to steal your party story so it's only fair.
Ah, the lightbulb above the students' heads!
There must be a way to see them while talking about Web of Knowledge. Maybe, if you talk about academics as avid networkers...
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