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astra_nomer) wrote2007-08-09 08:45 pm
astra_nomer) wrote2007-08-09 08:45 pm
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arcanology
The five question interview meme. Which means you can ask me for five questions of your own to answer in the comments.
Questions fromarcanology:
1. What should an individual male academic do in order to make the academic career less male-biased?
See very long-winded answer here.
2. Has Unclenomer yet torn something up that lead you to question his sanity?
Up until now, I would have said "no." But this bathroom project is coming close. Don't ask him about bathtubs just now.
3. Could you be trusted with the Glance of Death?
I think so. I am nice to a fault. When I get angry at someone, I tend to grit my teeth and be really nice and do my best to hide the fact that I'm angry. Then again, if the person would be dead before they realized I was angry with them, hmm...
4. What is the ideal length of time to farm out your kids to someone else?
Do you mean hours per day? Days per week? Weeks per year? Years per decade?
Well, my ideal is exactly what we've been doing, of course! The kids spend about 8 hours a day, 5 days a week in school/child care. I am willing to ship them off to DH's parents for about a week a year. However, I am not willing to leave them in my parents' hands for more than a day at a time. This has as much to do with their physical/medical state as their mental/emotional state, actually. And I would be perfectly happy to have them live at home (as opposed to boarding school, for instance) until they go to college. Of course, I say that now, when they are still cute little tykes rather than raging hormonal adolescents.
5. In what way do you fear that you are becoming just like your parents?
Actually, I think I'm doing a good job, mostly. I find myself taking an inordinate amount of pride in their academic accomplishments, but I'm trying real hard not to push them too much. I have a tendency to want to overschedule them (sports! violin! art classes!), but DH is working hard to fight that tendency. I find myself being short-tempered more often than I like, and that's when I fear I'm becoming my parents the most. But in terms of being an overbearing stereotypical Asian parent, I'd say I'm doing pretty well at that part.
Questions from
arcanology:1. What should an individual male academic do in order to make the academic career less male-biased?
See very long-winded answer here.
2. Has Unclenomer yet torn something up that lead you to question his sanity?
Up until now, I would have said "no." But this bathroom project is coming close. Don't ask him about bathtubs just now.
3. Could you be trusted with the Glance of Death?
I think so. I am nice to a fault. When I get angry at someone, I tend to grit my teeth and be really nice and do my best to hide the fact that I'm angry. Then again, if the person would be dead before they realized I was angry with them, hmm...
4. What is the ideal length of time to farm out your kids to someone else?
Do you mean hours per day? Days per week? Weeks per year? Years per decade?
Well, my ideal is exactly what we've been doing, of course! The kids spend about 8 hours a day, 5 days a week in school/child care. I am willing to ship them off to DH's parents for about a week a year. However, I am not willing to leave them in my parents' hands for more than a day at a time. This has as much to do with their physical/medical state as their mental/emotional state, actually. And I would be perfectly happy to have them live at home (as opposed to boarding school, for instance) until they go to college. Of course, I say that now, when they are still cute little tykes rather than raging hormonal adolescents.
5. In what way do you fear that you are becoming just like your parents?
Actually, I think I'm doing a good job, mostly. I find myself taking an inordinate amount of pride in their academic accomplishments, but I'm trying real hard not to push them too much. I have a tendency to want to overschedule them (sports! violin! art classes!), but DH is working hard to fight that tendency. I find myself being short-tempered more often than I like, and that's when I fear I'm becoming my parents the most. But in terms of being an overbearing stereotypical Asian parent, I'd say I'm doing pretty well at that part.
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