Thursday, August 21, 2014

An intern is going to be executed at dawn for this one

In the American Chemistry Council's daily newsletter, a link to a "Minding the Campus" piece by Peter Sacks titled "WHAT STEM CRISIS? THERE ISN’T ONE." Surely someone has screwed up here, sending this piece out.

I like the cut of Mr. Sacks' jib.

(The article itself is a good summary of material covered here and elsewhere.) 
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7 comments:

  1. Unstable IsotopeAugust 21, 2014 at 7:02 PM

    Talking Points Memo coined the term "scapetern."

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  2. AnonymousAugust 22, 2014 at 9:26 AM

    Here's another good one:

    http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/08/21/we-are-all-chumps-now-app-economy-edition/

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    1. Generic ChemistAugust 25, 2014 at 6:44 PM

      Quoting from that article;
      "The narrative changes to preserve the idea that individuals are responsible for their own joblessness, and in so doing keeps us from pondering systemic change."

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  3. AnonymousAugust 22, 2014 at 1:54 PM

    Some times I wonder if the 'intern' exists. Like when tweets go out that shouldn't have and it's an intern that was placed in charged of the social media account. Either people still haven't learned after several years or it's easier to fabricate an intern to blame.

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    1. Unstable IsotopeAugust 22, 2014 at 8:12 PM

      The intern exists when it's convenient.

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    2. AnonymousAugust 23, 2014 at 10:06 PM

      Is this related to Schroedinger's Intern in a box?

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  4. Medellin JacobsAugust 24, 2014 at 12:15 PM

    That is why we are working on incorporating ACC into ACS, where, under my watch, such lapses in judgement are dealt with before they see the light of day.

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