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drdelarocker.bsky.social
Motorcycle camping, Lego collecting, sci-fi loving, department chairing, LGBTQ allying associate professor of education. Watson to Mrs. Delarocker’s Holmes.
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You may be cool, but are you “Beyoncé riding in Mrs. Delarocker’s marsupial cat mom sweatshirt” cool?

Our local park has been overrun by Canadian immigrants. We clearly need tighter border control.

It’s my cat in a box!

A haiku on the process of writing an abstract for a presentation that exists in your mind but hasn’t yet been fleshed out - Take two kids. Stack ‘em. Put them in an overcoat. Turn them loose and pray. #AcademicSky

Fall course schedules are submitted. Administrative level 1000: unlocked. #AcademicSky

Office hours music - 2/20/25 #AcademicSky

Is everything on fire? Yes. Did I just buy a bucket list Lego Education set on eBay? Also yes.

“Draw me like one of your French poodles.” #PoodleSky

Office hours music - 2/19/25 #AcademicSky

As a responsible social scientist, I am cautiously interpreting this to mean that my book has met and will continue meet with universal approval and acclaim. #AcademicSky

Seen on today’s walk. These trails by my house, folks. #PoodleSky #PNW

Irony is lost on clothing manufacturers.

Everything’s on fire, but my professional life (publications, presentations, etc) is thriving. Wish that it mattered. #AcademicSky

A Friday haiku for my dog and all things - I am zen itself, the sound of one tail wagging, a leaf on the wind #PoodleSky

My book has sold out on Amazon. The kindle version is still available, though! #AcademicSky www.amazon.com/Learning-Spa...

Spotted in the wild! #AcademicSky

Minirocker and I are earring twins.

Mt. Rainier from my office window. 2/12/25 Don’t let her welcoming countenance fool you: It’s COLD today, and she is frosty. @saintmartinsuniv.bsky.social #AcademicSky

Friends, there will perhaps come a day when I do not have five half-finished cups of coffee scattered throughout my office. Today, however, is not that day. #AcademicSky

I built a Lego thing.

Office hours music - 2/11/25 #AcademicSky

The more I write, the more ideas I have. It’s like the work begets the creativity and not the other way around, as if putting my butt in a chair at 6:00 am and writing will lead to more inspiration than just sipping morning coffee and waiting patiently for the muse. I’ve been scammed. #AcademicSky

Given the state of our nation, critical pedagogy is more important than ever. Power, punishment, & privilege are embedded in our educational systems, & we must fight to ensure that our classrooms are democratic spaces where students’ voices matter. #AcademicSky www.barnesandnoble.com/w/learning-s...

My book’s available at Barnes & Noble. Just saying. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/learning-s...

@aliciaandrz.bsky.social - I don’t know if you’re on any Meta platforms, but this made me think of you. www.facebook.com/share/r/16DR...

Office hours music - 2/6/25 #AcademicSky @saintmartinsuniv.bsky.social

My promotion to full professor is being held up by one missing document. The way our system works, I have to be denied promotion all the way up the chain before I can appeal and provide the missing piece. Good people all around, and it’s all gonna work out, but it’s a disheartening process.

Timeline cleanse: Hobie made a new friend at the park tonight. #PoodleSky

Timeline cleanse.

So I’ve been deleting 100 emails per day for the last 45 days, and I’m almost caught up with my inbox.

It’s a small thing in the face of, well, everything else, but I wrote a poem about six years ago, and my friend (a marvelous composer) set it to music. We’ve just learned that our song is being included in a recording of Washington State choral compositions. Here’s to art, my friends.

Did anyone else stay up until 1:00 am building virtual entanglement experiments on lab.quantumflytrap.com, or was it just me?

Learning Space" introduces the basics of critical pedagogy through the familiar lens of popular science fiction. Why’d I write this? Because I believe that stories help bring abstractions to life. If you’re a teacher or a teacher educator, check it out. #AcademicSky www.amazon.com/Learning-Spa...

In case you’re wondering what it’s like to have a monastery literally right outside your office window. This is the call to Vespers. @saintmartinsuniv.bsky.social #AcademicSky

Mt. Rainier from my office window - 1/22/25. Lenticular clouds for the win. #AcademicSky @saintmartinsuniv.bsky.social

Office hours music - 1/22/25

Me: if I die, would you remarry? Mrs. Delarocker: hell no. I’m not training another one.

Office hours music - 1/21/25 - part 2