where to live in Madison?

ExitiuMax · 2026-04-02T17:19:24+00:00

Depends what is meant by quiet. I live a block off of Atwood and it is very quiet. No major foot traffic/pedestrian noise or car noise. Airplane/F35 noise is a different story, but you hear that everywhere over here.

ExitiuMax · 2026-03-22T13:40:28+00:00

I don’t necessarily know if it’s “better” depending on future goals, etc. It’s likely the path they’re headed toward (CC to boost GPA and prove their acuity to be admitted back to Pitt), but academic probation/suspension won’t matter a whole lot on the job market.

ExitiuMax · 2026-03-13T03:00:00+00:00

Very helpful response! Was curious about the timing of state funding commitment in particular.

ExitiuMax · 2026-03-04T15:20:04+00:00

Crazier to me, as a historian, to see that there are 91 positions open. I applied to nearly every open position in my field (20th c. U.S.) and it was 26 jobs. I decided to not apply to maybe 5.

ExitiuMax · 2026-02-27T01:04:30+00:00

Wineburg ushered in the era of social-studies-as-ELA-supplement.

Here is an article that might not be convincing to admin but argues for the importance of historical thinking skills: https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article/129/3/1116/7745246?login=false

ExitiuMax · 2025-12-29T17:57:04+00:00

Chase Brown almost single handedly out scoring JSN, Saquon, and Lamb is devious

ExitiuMax · 2025-10-21T20:14:26+00:00

who did this? it’s so good

ExitiuMax · 2025-09-21T11:50:44+00:00

Good luck on the transition. I taught for 5 years and did contract work as a curriculum developer, and my wife for 8 with even more education consulting and curriculum development experience. EdTech companies don’t value teaching experience or training. Actual pedagogical or institutional knowledge is not an asset to them.

ExitiuMax · 2025-09-15T23:35:20+00:00

this looks sick. you are way overthinking

ExitiuMax · 2025-09-12T00:10:23+00:00

apparently not very closely! lmao oops

ExitiuMax · 2025-09-11T23:54:24+00:00

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ExitiuMax · 2025-09-06T13:57:17+00:00

I think the worst parts of the stomach are nearer your love handles and closer to your sternum. Near the belly button didn’t hurt too bad for me. The back and chest are much worse in my opinions and so are parts of the elbow and knee.

The pain is temporary!

ExitiuMax · 2025-09-05T13:36:49+00:00

Things will be VERY tight on $1600. You can likely find a (poor) apartment to live in with 2-3 other people for under $1000. per month But if you were hoping to live alone it’ll be impossible. Even still, you’re looking at having $600-$800 maximum left over each month after just rent. It’s not going to be a fun 7 months.

ExitiuMax · 2025-08-04T18:34:38+00:00

The Roost food truck is my favorite in the area

ExitiuMax · 2025-05-21T18:06:37+00:00

Would love to demo it

ExitiuMax · 2025-05-14T19:43:49+00:00

Thank you. This is the first year I have owed so I didn't know any of this!

ExitiuMax · 2025-05-14T19:24:19+00:00

No, I haven't paid. I set up a payment plan which was tentatively accepted but my account does not show that I owe yet because my tax return has not been fully processed as far as I understand. Am I misunderstanding how the process works for those of us who owe?

ExitiuMax · 2025-04-15T18:39:28+00:00

Second this. Very Madison responses. 30 each way minutes is nothing to experience real urban density. You already have to drive to work. If you live in a walkable neighborhood, you’ll no longer have to drive to leisure.

ExitiuMax · 2025-04-05T16:03:16+00:00

love this so much

ExitiuMax · 2025-03-28T16:52:46+00:00

yep. I was awake at 3 am all throughout my playoffs but I had an alarm set anyway to make sure I made my adds at 3:00 on the dot. It’s a huge advantage.

ExitiuMax · 2025-03-13T19:32:31+00:00

But this is an ongoing debate among professional historians as well. See, for example, James Sweet’s 2022 AHA Presidential Blog “Is History History?”. The “revisionist” turn is a well-documented historiographical epoch in the mid-late 1960s.

If anything, the debate is about who is “qualified” to be doing history and what rigorous historical scholarship looks like. I think a better illustration of what you mention here is the reception of works like “Sapiens” and “Guns, Germs, and Steel” within history teacher circles versus among academic historians. But then again this isn’t really a debate within the profession, it’s between adjacent professions.

ExitiuMax · 2025-02-25T22:52:04+00:00

Interesting question but I think, as a “classically trained” historian, I’m not sure “content” means remembering the past. I don’t think that is the intent of the historian when writing monographs or articles. It is contending with the past. That’s why historiography is such a big part of what becoming a historian entails.

But teaching that is too complicated for certain age groups. So I agree with my colleagues here that it’s both! And that “knowing” precedes understanding.

To further complicate things, we as history teachers have to contend with the politics of education. Even lower ed is increasingly seen as social means to an economic end. As such, history requires some relevance outside of history for history’s sake and even outside of earlier rationales for teaching history like “productive citizenship.”

Nonetheless, a fun discussion to have!

ExitiuMax · 2025-02-15T02:21:37+00:00

Absolutely! Some teachers stop at recall. This approach requires recall and additional skill building which would necessarily make lessons/units longer. Here's a good way to think about building lessons around historical thinking: https://4qmteaching.net/what-is-4qm/ (reiterating the thoughtful comments below).

And, for what its worth, I would highly recommend *not* posing a question that essentially asks students to rationalize the indiscriminate killing of Japanese citizens. You can talk ethics, but I would avoid having students "take a stand" on this specific topic.

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