The Untimely Typewriter:Daily Writings Against the Tides of Distraction

* “Digital divide” no longer signifies that underprivileged students are at a disadvantage for not having tech; these students are now at a disadvantage because their education relies too much on that tech–as opposed to having smaller class sizes, more face-to-face classes, more tutors and teachers with job security, etc.

Well, I put some work into fixing up my lemon of an LC Smith typewriter. It would be unethical to pass it along to someone else. Since it’s a looker, I’ll use it for decoration at my school office–just in time for Halloween. Bwa ha ha!

After much effort, this Hermes 3000 has been made whole again, thanks to help from the Typosphere. As per usual, I ended up with some cuts and bruises along the way. I wonder how many of our typewriters carry our DNA within their mechanical parts. Is this part of the ritual? We bleed and they…

I’m in the process of grading the first stack of papers from a composition class. Recently the news cycle has covered the issue of cheating in college. Such stories generally focus on a specific form of plagiarism: fully copied papers that exemplify the worst of intentions. In reality, there are many kinds of plagiarism, and…

The article referenced here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/07/us/college-cheating-papers.html

Correction: “Counter clockwise”