“That is Old Spanish” (referring to the language of a 19th century text). “That is from Spain, so it is by the oppressor, so it does not interest me and I should not have to read it.” “All you ever teach is literary analysis” (meaning that in language and culture classes, film and history classes, … More Hypocrite étudiant
Here is part of the MLA proposal I had just written when I lost my way in life a second or third time. But early April 2004, still in Lent, was the last time I was able to concentrate as I am now. I was so happy to be working again and although I did … More On starting where one left off, this time much stronger.
Some recent antics of our Superintendent of Education, a Jindal appointee and charter schools advocate. Axé.
My class cannot read Larra and they are seniors. They cannot read him. The vocabulary is too esoteric, the sentences too long, the references too esoteric — but mostly the issue is, these articles are somewhat complex texts. Events are narrated and commented upon and the students would prefer that each artículo de costumbres were … More Mariano José de Larra
I have decided we are in April, 2004, before I got involved with that ex who showed me blogging software and thus, to his great ire, a way to escape from him. In any case I had just written a really interesting essay for this book I am still working on and I was very … More We are in April, 2004
I spent today dealing with my honor society problem. I mean all day. Realizing I was going to say no, figuring out how, doing it, recovering from it. This is not efficient — especially because the reason I had as much difficulty was that I was so tired, and now I am more tired, and … More In which I take a great and scary risk, succeed, and improve although I am still unsettled, and exhausted, and worried since it is all I got done.
Here is some poetry of an actual Fascist, very circumspect. Then there is noucentisme, Eugeni d’Ors’ movement, which is really quite strange, and there had been regenerationism as well. I have just read a fairly current Spanish novel I believe to be about memory but think is about evasion. It has touches of Vargas Llosa, Borges and … More Conservative modernism, and conservative modernity
I have never been able to stand this man and I am so glad the Daily Reveille recommends standing up to him. “I was impressed with the commitment of everyone in the room to do what’s right for LSU,” Griffin said. “We all believe there are wonderful ways to improve efficiency and effectiveness through technology. I … More William Jenkins
I wrote most of my dissertation in São Paulo, Brazil, where people did not find it strange that one should make progress. There was something marvelous in this. Nobody sighed in the background, nobody suggested it should not be done. One of my friends did remark on my “strange capacity to keep working on things [I] do … More Things I learned in São Paulo
I have no middle name and was always told I could choose my own. I toyed with this as a child but in the end could not choose just one. My youngest brother, who is adopted, chose his own name in the end but made it out of pre-existing elements: his name in high school … More Ouidad
