I am a professor at a primarily undergraduate institution. My spouse is a research professor and works two hours' drive away. This blog is primarily about life at a PUI, but also about our family trying to make the most of an uncomfortable lifestyle.
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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Wish I could be that guy that half-asses the stuff of little consequence.
I'm on a committee that evaluates the results of intramural grants given for scholarship. At the end of my colleagues' grant, they must submit a report. I just read one that had about 6 sentences in it. I guess he fulfilled his obligation to submit a report and didn't waste a second on it. Clearly he didn't take the report seriously becuase he assumed (probably correctly) that there will be little consequence for his uber-succinctness. Wish I could do that.
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Yeah, it's a good acquired skill -- being able to just put in minimal effort wherever possible (and presumably save the energy and time for more important endeavors). I don't think I have the skill (yet) but, like you, I envy the people who do.
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