Momo has sent the new logo for our alma mater. It is observable above, to the right. Tomo Hirai, a 24-year-old UC Davis graduate, thought the new UC logo looked like “a loading logo” for a computer operating system such as Windows or Mac. “It cheapened the entire UC System,” Hirai said. “That’s not what … More Brave new logo
Here is a reading list for students considering graduate work in Spanish. Here is my list for students considering Latin American literature as a secondary field for the Ph.D in another literature. Like the SMT list, it is not a reading list for the actual examination, but a preliminary list. * Here is an ancient … More Reading lists
1/- I should read this on zapatismo as indianismo, but it lies out of the scope of my project, or does it, really? I would like to be in Bolivia to do it … and I am so tired of being under so much stress of different kinds and I wonder how much of the … More On some questions of scope
I was grading for Spanish courses taught to the language requirement, trying to recover from dealing with these peoples’ behavior, exhausted and bored and drained, and listening to NPR where they are interviewing a professor on a political situation in a country. Z: I would rather be that professor. In Reeducation this thought would have … More Anhelos, y un descubrimiento
That is what the language requirement students complain of in my classes: I refuse to teach. It is true that if not given a “smart” classroom I no longer attempt to compensate for this, even with a CD player, and it is true that I do not make handouts to substitute for the textbook, or … More On “refusing to teach”
…said this: I don’t want to get to the point where coping takes up so much of my energy that I won’t be able to leave! I am glad someone else recognizes how much energy coping takes. Axé.
I always said my stalled projects had to do with Reeducation tout court and they did but Reeducation, including get-it-done academic advice which is an aspect of it, also obscured what were straight-up research problems, that could have been treated as such. The background to the fragmentation of research I experience now was laid out … More El tres
On the question of how college professors get alienated from their work I do have one really simple answer, they do not have a safe space in which to do it. I just got one, after not having had one since graduate school except for a period of about two years. During that safe period … More El dos
The trap in which I have lain is multi-pronged although all roads lead to Rome. Let us see: IN LIFE IN GENERAL – PROBLEM A: the idea that the slightest misstep will bring down extreme violence / exile / death, and the knowledge that one must be constantly on guard about these missteps since the … More El uno
One of my great frustrations in life is with people who tell me I am being “perfectionistic” if I find any flaws in any work I do. I could not disagree more because I do not believe Leonardo da Vinci just had his work spring out of his head spontaneously. You have to keep zigzagging … More Study questions and paper topics, or, Santa Sangre
