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I taught for about ten years at the college and graduate school level. That ended about twenty years ago and things were bad then. However, the sad state of education has only become sadder.

Periodic feedback from former friends and colleagues never fails to amaze me. Each new bit of information trumps what preceded it. The nonsense that now passes for education is unrecognizable by anyone who has been outside of college for a couple of decades or more. The sad state of education appears to have changed to the sad state of time wasting while inflating one’s own and colleagues egos. Omphaloskepsis (“contemplation of one’s navel as an aid to meditation”) would be more valuable than what passes for scholarship these days.

Here is a blurb from Louisiana State University regarding their latest attempts to advance knowledge for the benefit of mankind (er, I should say personkind):

The English Department Works in Progress Series is happy to present 

Amandine Faucheux

presenting her article-in-progress

“The Afrofuturist Queer: Race & Sexuality in Nalo Hopkinson’s Oeuvre”

on Monday, October 26

2:00-3:30 / Allen 202

As is our practice, Amandine has graciously agreed to circulate her work in advance. For a copy, write to either Philip Keel Geheber ([email protected]), Isiah Lavender ([email protected]) or Mary Pappalardo ([email protected]). 

Read the work, and come enjoy the snacks and exciting conversation!

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