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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I hate that I missed you - next time definitely come join so we can talk you up ahead of your presentation! But yeah, me talking sounds accurate.

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

That's something I became more familiar with when working on the TYCA statement on grad student training for 2YC work. Several grad students at the listening sessions last year said they were discouraged from pursuing grad research into CC or 2YC work.

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Being an #Academic is strange. One minute, you're hobnobbing with luminaries, and the next you're laughing at the #FartNinja your 6yo left on the bookshelf after a passing cloud made it go off.

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Ironically, the negging was tangentially related to a conversation about academic labor... but yeah. I love your answer! Teaching is what I love, and my 5/5 at a 2YC gives me so much joy. Glad to hear some solidarity from another teacher, although I'm sorry you had to suffer that.

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

This was my second time to attend on a Saturday. Last year I gave a talk at Teacher 2 Teacher for the honorable mention on the teaching award, and this year I was just chilling out with a delayed flight. It's a calm vibe for sure!

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

You balance me out! I just wear my Lutheran work gloves (put my hands in my pockets) and smile instead.

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

There will always be some folks who feed elitism and privilege research over teaching and service. That's fine - it seems to be working well for them, and there's room for all of us at the table. That said, I might be sitting at a different part of the table if I see them seated before me!

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Past that, I was recognized by some folks who I did not think knew me, which was also a new feeling that made Cs feel smaller and more welcoming. I was negged by someone I know towards the end of my conference, but it was far outweighed by positive interactions.

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

A new experience this year at #4C26 - on multiple occasions, people walked up and asked if I was Charles Grimm (and I was - and I am!). It makes the conference feel different when you're becoming a person who is known, even though I'm not a scholar. I'm a volunteer, and that is being noticed.

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I've already got a great group of colleagues who are considering putting something together for #4C27, and it is indeed exciting. I'm also hoping to continue working with my panel from #4C26, though, so it may get tricky! #TYCA26 and Cs gave me tons to think about, most of it practical right now!

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

This year's #TYCA26 was everything it always is: engaging, welcoming, and fulfilling. This year's #4C26 was better than some I've attended, but that's partially from building my network. Were teaching awards given this year? I didn't hear them mentioned, which made me feel less welcome as a teacher.

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Daniel Radcliffe killed it as Weird Al, but I think he would make an even better Chris Thile. That's the mandolin movie we need now.

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Long time no see. Enjoy some Milton for your Spoopy Season.

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Note to self: if invisibility cloaks can't be seen through, the person wearing them shouldn't be able to see through them either.

Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Reposted by Charles Grimm

PSA: Never ask a career community college professor why they don't teach at a better school.

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Thanks for the share - I've not had a chance to follow up on the haka's repercussions as my country has been too much a horse and pony show the past several months.

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I teach at an #AOI, so I do not use textbooks, which means it must be publicly available. I'm especially interested in literary works from #Aotearoa that forward #Maori and #Samoan and other ethnic voices and/or treat Te Tiriti o Waitangi critically, fwiw.

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

#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.

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

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

two panel cartoon with the top panel excited about The Beths coming to Atlanta and the bottom panel sad that it's on Halloween

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I don't think this reading is born of bitterness; I know some of the publication awards winners, and they deserve all the flowers! But maybe Cs disenfranchises teachers when the research orientation so strongly outweighs the teaching element. Regardless, I had a great conference and hope to return!

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

What I mean by research getting priority shows up, for example, in how many research awards were announced both in general sessions and the awards ceremony, while the Nell Anne Pickett Service Award and the Outstanding Teaching awards were only presented Friday night at the awards ceremony.

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

It can feel frustrating how #Teaching gets less attention than #Research, which I addressed in my talk. I heard this come up in multiple ways this year, and I hope we as a professional community can think about this too in terms of access and welcome.

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

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.

Certificate that says Outstanding Teaching Award, honorable mention Charles C. Grimm

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

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.

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Listening to the #Keynote at #4C25 and heard "It takes a long time to learn what love isn't and a long time to practice what love is."

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The interconnected nature of #Reading and #Writing means we all need to become more familiar with the teaching of reading in writing studies.

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

In their #CorpusAnalysis, very few uses of #DevelopmemtalLiteracy exist, despite the need for more interdisciplinary work in the absence of intensive reading/writing options at most institutions.

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Listening to a great session on #Reading and #Litetacy at #4C25! Fascinating analysis of "reading" and "literacy/cues" across hundreds of articles in #WritingStudies.

Three scholars presenting data on reading and literacy in a hotel conference room

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Anger, then, only belongs to those who are virtuous in the epideictic frame of mind.

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Nostalgia --> Fear --> Anger Progression of Classical Christian Education over time.

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Argument: a fascination with/focus on #EpideicticRhetoric drives the acceleration of #ClassicalChristianEducation, especially with consistent dependence on anger.

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

"Language matters. Word choice matters." #TYCA25

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

#TYCA25 opens with the usual calm and practical tone of #2YC folks: focused on teaching in so many different contexts, centering student experiences and access.

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

@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!

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I loved the RNF when I was dissertating! Sadly, it always conflicts with TYCA :'(

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Did I miss a call for documentarians this year?!

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Presenting at #TYCA25, #4C25, and working the listening session for the WS-L! I'll also give a co-keynote at teacher 2 teacher, which is exciting and terrifying all at the same time! Ultimately, I just hope the are sparkle ponies to be had.

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

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

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I certainly plan on it - I'm a big believer in making conferences accessible through this type of interaction.

Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Next month? Yikes! Haha I'm getting major 2020 vibes, which was the last time I was this excited and invested in TYCA and CCCC -- and the world descends into chaos again in February. I'm holding out hope it will happen and that I will be there, though!