Flash from the past
06/06/2013
When I was a child this album was new, and now it seems dated. Axé.
Month: June 2013
Diablo suelto
06/06/2013
Al MOOC. Axé.
MOOC critique, so far
06/06/2013
Use of PBS videos as course material. These are not college level. Discussion and study questions are not simply general, they are absurd. The most you can do with them is come to some half-reasonable generalization, when the point of a college level course would be to criticize such generalizations and move beyond them. Readings … More MOOC critique, so far
I am taking a MOOC
04/06/2013
That is the professor. Discuss. Axé.
Istanbul Symphony
04/06/2013
First, you practice German. He speaks very clearly. Axé.
Writing group goals have to be revised this week
04/06/2013
Yesterday because of all these meetings and teaching related activities I touched work but did not write anything. Today it took me nine hours, nine, to edit and reformat my other article. I will touch work late tonight to keep up some form of rhythm. Tomorrow is house cleaning, errands, yard, and guests. I will … More Writing group goals have to be revised this week
On adjunctification, coaches and consultants
04/06/2013
One of the results of adjunctification is that undergraduates meet few professors, if any, and many are officially advised by academic staff and who have not been faculty. As a result of this they have to pay for coaching on how to get into graduate school and things like that; there are services like The … More On adjunctification, coaches and consultants
The meaning of it all
03/06/2013
…is that I have to use my Haiti paper as well for this book. And of course that fits marvelously with the New Orleans material. The good: everything I have fits. It all made sense, after all. The bad: it is too much material. Axé.
Et voilà, mesdames et messieurs
02/06/2013
So far this is all I have for the writing group but I am starting with a handicap since I first wrote something else, completely different, and it was almost 6,000 words and it already has a “home.” When before the Congress of Angostura Bolívar proposes to shape nations by mixing the “diverse blood” of … More Et voilà, mesdames et messieurs
Cette semaine
02/06/2013
Today I have been reading and I must still write for 30 minutes. Things left to read include two recommendations from the Spanish Professor, one from the Prose Doctor, and one or two from me in the same thread. I must also continue to reread the Julio Ramos book. I still have to do final … More Cette semaine
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