Charles Grimm
@grimmprospects.bsky.social
Dad Joke Machine, Two-Year College English professor, #TYCA #MemeWar vet, Lego castle fanatic, #WritingStudies - Listserv moderator, and lifelong devotee to The Tribe (the gateway drug that led to my otherwise inexplicable interest in Aotearoa)
Long time no see. Enjoy some Milton for your Spoopy Season.
October 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Long time no see. Enjoy some Milton for your Spoopy Season.
The energy I bring to Bluesky.
June 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The energy I bring to Bluesky.
Note to self: if invisibility cloaks can't be seen through, the person wearing them shouldn't be able to see through them either.
May 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Note to self: if invisibility cloaks can't be seen through, the person wearing them shouldn't be able to see through them either.
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PSA: Never ask a career community college professor why they don't teach at a better school.
May 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
PSA: Never ask a career community college professor why they don't teach at a better school.
#EnglishTeachers, I'm curious what poems/short stories from British colonies I might include in my #BritLit course in the fall. I structured it this spring with works about Britain, expanding into colonies, and then colonies speaking back to the empire. Would love more #PoCo #Anglophone pieces.
May 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#EnglishTeachers, I'm curious what poems/short stories from British colonies I might include in my #BritLit course in the fall. I structured it this spring with works about Britain, expanding into colonies, and then colonies speaking back to the empire. Would love more #PoCo #Anglophone pieces.
I was super excited to see that #TheBeths were coming back to Atlanta after just missing them last time they were through, but then I saw it was on Halloween, and I have kids who will expect to trick or treat NOT at a concert. #DadLife #AllGoodArtNowIsFromAotearoa
May 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I was super excited to see that #TheBeths were coming back to Atlanta after just missing them last time they were through, but then I saw it was on Halloween, and I have kids who will expect to trick or treat NOT at a concert. #DadLife #AllGoodArtNowIsFromAotearoa
I'm still shocked that I got this award, but it made for an even better #4C25! I got invited to give a keynote at Teacher to Teacher this morning because of this award, and my speech seemed to go over better than I thought it might.
April 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I'm still shocked that I got this award, but it made for an even better #4C25! I got invited to give a keynote at Teacher to Teacher this morning because of this award, and my speech seemed to go over better than I thought it might.
Darin Jensen and Brett Griffiths receiving the #4C25 #OutstandingBookAward for their book that defends "just teaching"! #TYCA25 showing up with their message that in our moment, colleagues at 4-year schools need to stand with their 2-year peers for so of our students.
April 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Darin Jensen and Brett Griffiths receiving the #4C25 #OutstandingBookAward for their book that defends "just teaching"! #TYCA25 showing up with their message that in our moment, colleagues at 4-year schools need to stand with their 2-year peers for so of our students.
Listening to a great session on #Reading and #Litetacy at #4C25! Fascinating analysis of "reading" and "literacy/cues" across hundreds of articles in #WritingStudies.
April 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Listening to a great session on #Reading and #Litetacy at #4C25! Fascinating analysis of "reading" and "literacy/cues" across hundreds of articles in #WritingStudies.
April 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
@voleuseck.bsky.social Will you be skying TYCA and CCCC? I left Twitter, but I know you were one of few more prolifically tweeting the conference than I was, and I lived by that last year when I couldn't attend!
April 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
@voleuseck.bsky.social Will you be skying TYCA and CCCC? I left Twitter, but I know you were one of few more prolifically tweeting the conference than I was, and I lived by that last year when I couldn't attend!
Another great reason to come join #TYCA25!
March 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Another great reason to come join #TYCA25!
It's weird when what felt as a grad student like "name dropping" of people's work that you've read becomes references to actual colleagues you've met and worked with. Weird, but good. #AcademicLife #TYCA25 #4C25 #GradLife #EarlyCareer
March 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It's weird when what felt as a grad student like "name dropping" of people's work that you've read becomes references to actual colleagues you've met and worked with. Weird, but good. #AcademicLife #TYCA25 #4C25 #GradLife #EarlyCareer
Reading a student's reflection on how AI has limits that an expert does not have by analyzing a ChatGPT prompt defining "camp" in League of Legends is just the kind of work that keeps me loving my job!
I don't play League, but the conversations this writer and I have had have been fantastic!
I don't play League, but the conversations this writer and I have had have been fantastic!
a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32
Alt: a cartoon of a chef making a kiss gesture and spreading it with his hand moving away from his mouth
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February 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reading a student's reflection on how AI has limits that an expert does not have by analyzing a ChatGPT prompt defining "camp" in League of Legends is just the kind of work that keeps me loving my job!
I don't play League, but the conversations this writer and I have had have been fantastic!
I don't play League, but the conversations this writer and I have had have been fantastic!
One of the funnier typos I have seen lately was from a student paper that had "Bloom's Taxonomy" as "Bloom's Taxidermy." I'm not mocking a typo - I wonder to what extent this may be more accurate for how a great concept often gets killed and stuffed to be a bad facsimile of the original concept!
February 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
One of the funnier typos I have seen lately was from a student paper that had "Bloom's Taxonomy" as "Bloom's Taxidermy." I'm not mocking a typo - I wonder to what extent this may be more accurate for how a great concept often gets killed and stuffed to be a bad facsimile of the original concept!
When one of your #BritishLiterature students finally uses "Billy Shakes" in their reading response...
a black spinning top is sitting on top of a white surface .
Alt: a black spinning top is sitting on top of a white surface .
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February 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
When one of your #BritishLiterature students finally uses "Billy Shakes" in their reading response...
Cory in Seasons 1-4 of Boy Meets World, but more specifically season 1, comes to mind.
In light of Breaking Bad guy wanting a return to genuinely admirable protagonists, what is your favorite example of one? I’d argue Picard from TNG is a really strong example in that he isn’t infallible but is unrelentingly concerned with the moral costs of decisions and the power placed in his hands
February 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Cory in Seasons 1-4 of Boy Meets World, but more specifically season 1, comes to mind.
My first attempt at an actual article for an academic journal just got an R&R! I've had a couple of proposal denials, some chapter drafts accepted for collection, and a published book review, but this is my first with a journal in my field. Very exciting times, and Reviewer 2 was kind!
a woman with a robotic eye painted on her face says fun will now commence
ALT: a woman with a robotic eye painted on her face says fun will now commence
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February 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
My first attempt at an actual article for an academic journal just got an R&R! I've had a couple of proposal denials, some chapter drafts accepted for collection, and a published book review, but this is my first with a journal in my field. Very exciting times, and Reviewer 2 was kind!
If you're interested in attending #4C25 but are a #Caregiver whose responsibilities may require additional assistance to attend a conference, please apply for a #CaregiverGrant! #Access #Equity
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2025 CCCC Caregiver Grants - Conference on College Composition and Communication
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February 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you're interested in attending #4C25 but are a #Caregiver whose responsibilities may require additional assistance to attend a conference, please apply for a #CaregiverGrant! #Access #Equity
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Thanks to a great production of #Othello I got to see several years ago, I now can only read Iago as being a wrestling heel - especially a large, charming one. It plays so much better than the sniveling version often on offer! "And what’s he, then, that says I play the villain" - no cheap heat here!
a man speaking into a microphone that says ' i will be the bad guy everybody thinks i am '
ALT: a man speaking into a microphone that says ' i will be the bad guy everybody thinks i am '
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February 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Thanks to a great production of #Othello I got to see several years ago, I now can only read Iago as being a wrestling heel - especially a large, charming one. It plays so much better than the sniveling version often on offer! "And what’s he, then, that says I play the villain" - no cheap heat here!
I know there's an awful lot of bad things going on, and this is not trying to ignore it, but my mental health improves when I keep hope as principle. Eating for my health (lowering blood pressure/bad cholesterol) is one hopeful practice. I want to stay around for as much of my kids' lives as I can!
February 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I know there's an awful lot of bad things going on, and this is not trying to ignore it, but my mental health improves when I keep hope as principle. Eating for my health (lowering blood pressure/bad cholesterol) is one hopeful practice. I want to stay around for as much of my kids' lives as I can!
I have tried to keep the practice of touching base with the professors who influenced me, and these kinds of things remind me of why! Beyond "networking," it's human - letting someone know you think of them in their absence? That's huge.
Just got an email from a former student who took my lecture course over a decade ago, talking about how my last lecture has stuck with him ever since, and OK, that's a boost I really needed right now.
January 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I have tried to keep the practice of touching base with the professors who influenced me, and these kinds of things remind me of why! Beyond "networking," it's human - letting someone know you think of them in their absence? That's huge.