February 17, 2006
What's On Your Office Door?
1. If you peer through the frosted window, you'll see that I use a stickie note that says "Be Right Back -- Please Wait!" that I keep at the ready, in case I need to step out.
2. Promotional postcard for my novel, Play Dead.
3. A Gary Larson "Far Side" cartoon (cut from a calendar I once had in my office). The caption reads: "Notice all the computations, theoretical scribblings, and lab equipment, Norm...Yes, curiosity killed these cats."
4. A Peanuts comic strip, copied from Snoopy's Guide to the Writer's Life. Lucy is critiquing Snoopy's novel, saying a good book should be witty, beautiful, etc. In the final pane, Snoopy asks, "Sick doesn't count?"
5. A Valentine's Day gift from the SHU Craft Club. A handmade, heart-shaped pin that reads "WRATH" in the center where you would normally see something like, "Be Mine" or whatever.
6. Corporate signage, common in shape and appearance to all faculty doors at Seton Hill University.
7. Self-made signage, including this term's office hours, and full contact information (including this website). I print a new one of these out every term and just tape it to the door.
8. Cover flat from my short story collection, 100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories.
9. Redundant card with basic contact info. I need to remove this; it's taking up valuable real estate!
I was inspired to do this after reading the tongue-in-cheek study, "Deconstructing Faculty Doors" by Karl M. Petruso. I'm a big fan of examining faculty doors; I think office decor and a faculty doorway can tell you a lot about a teacher's or campus' personality. Mine seems more sparse than I realized; I need to post more comics and quirky things (though the horror stuff is already pushing it). I also notice that it's organized in a very linear and orderly fashion. On a pragmatic side, I see that I should identify myself as the advisor to the campus litmag, as well. I challenge any teacher reading this: post a photo of yours on your weblog, and add a link to it below (using the "Comment" feature)!
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Just heard of a related link that popped up over at EdTechLife:
http://edtechlife.com/wp-trackback.php?p=1070
I'd love to get a better idea of the edubloggers I read, but I also understand that a lot of folks probably want to remain anonymous. Still: if you post a photo, leave a comment or send me an e-mail.
The first sign you mentioned "I have stepped away from my office" is what I always see when I used go to my prof. office. I'm not sure if it was just my own bad luck, or just bad timing. I guess I'm just glad to be done :)
Same building, same hall.
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/weblog/permalink.jsp?id=4044