In the spring, I will teach Tuesdays and Thursdays. All classes are senior level, the easiest level, and I have taught these particular courses before. Mondays, I will do research and then prepare classes. Wednesdays, I will do research, prepare classes and occasionally attend a meeting. I will grade and hold office hours Tuesday and … More Spring Semester
I am harvesting blood oranges. Usually they are killed by hurricanes or frost, but now there are very many, red and sweet. We are finishing the semester, so of course it is orange-time. The academic advisors keep saying you must save time, “protect” it like a fortress, but with all due respect to time, I … More On Space
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From John Ackerman. (I do not know John Ackerman and I do not know what it is like to be John Ackerman, but I claim to covet his education and job –.) The idea that Mexico´s President Felipe Calderón has conducted a “frontal attack” against the drug cartels is patently false. There are no signs … More Sur le Mexique
Now we have accomplished even more this semester. I am truly amazed at the vista and I think there is more to come. Axé.
This was the last film we saw in my class and it was downright spiritual, especially coming on the heels of Biutiful. I don’t think you can see these films and stay the same. Axé.
Theme. I finally understand why the academic advisers keep saying to cut corners on teaching: they don’t teach beginning or general education courses, or if they do, they have TAs or at least graders. I know exactly how to do a good job on an upper division or a graduate course without overworking but there … More More fuming at academic advice and about curriculum
Tonight my student took a picture of our class “to document ourselves since we are a historical event: the first course ever given on [genre] at this university.” This was after I spent a weekend writing a curriculum for a new major. Earlier this semester I had been informed that my courses on [genres, topics] … More Un retrato sorprendente
