Day: February 11, 2021

It isn’t as if I am not trying…

LOL…pull ups: got them in; it was cold, but a baseball jersey kept my fat gut inside.

pull ups: 8 sets of 5, one set of 10 singles, alternating grips; usual rotator cuff, hip hikes

bench press: 10 x 134, 10 x 150

dead lifts: 10 x 134, deficit: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, high handle: 10 x 224

shoulder press: 5 x 109, 4 x 109, 3 x 109, 10 x 92 barbell, 10 x 44 dumbbell

rows: 4 sets of 10 x 134

plank: 2:30

This took about 85 minutes; it appears that I need more recovery time between reps than I once did.

At first glance I thought “shallow reps” but my elbows get way below parallel.

Why profs are viewed as idiots by the public

First: my walk on the treadmill…still 5K.

some discomfort but not much. The piriformis takes forever to heal.

I was on Twitter and read this ..interesting Tweet:

Now I am getting what he is trying to convey: to a poorly prepared, low aptitude student, college algebra can be as difficult as, say, real analysis is to a better prepared, stronger student.

But the statement “all math is advanced maths” is stupid; for one it renders the adjective “advanced” irrelevant and for another: most anyone in the general public can tell you that most things come in various levels, some are which are more advanced than others (e. g. NBA > D1 college > general college > high school, etc)

But he wants to do away with “advanced” because:

And on we head to the euphemism treadmill... again, because some academic thought that someone’s feelings might be hurt.

The way to say the point is “tread students with respect, regardless of level.” For example, my yoga teacher is kind to beginners but she doesn’t pretend that there aren’t more advanced levels.

This is just stupidity….and why we professors are widely viewed as idiots who happen to have some very narrow, specialized knowledge.

And given that higher education is under attack, that is not a good thing.