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As the last day of the week, I'll either be observed today, or I won't. There is no "next week" for unannounced observations.
I am, then I'm (or was, depending on how the observation goes) still in the running for my district's Teacher of the Year.
If not, then I didn't make the cut during the interview phase.
Either way it will not be a blow to my ego, as I've met the other nominees and they're awesome people.
A Mastodon instance for academics
Scholar Social is a microblogging platform for researchers, grad students, librarians, archivists, undergrads, academically inclined high schoolers, educators of all levels, journal editors, research assistants, professors, administrators—anyone involved in academia who is willing to engage with others respectfully.
We strive to be a safe space for queer people and other minorities, recognizing that there can only be academic freedom where the existence and validity of interlocutors' identities is taken as axiomatic.
"A Mastodon profile you can be proud to put on the last slide of a presentation at a conference"
"Official" monthly journal club!
(Participation is, of course, optional)
Scholar Social features a monthly "official" journal club, in which we try to read and comment on a paper of interest.
Any user of Scholar Social can suggest an article by sending the DOI by direct message to @socrates@scholar.social and one will be chosen by random lottery on the last day of the month. We ask that you only submit articles that are from *outside* your own field of study to try to ensure that the papers we read are accessible and interesting to non-experts.