“Ello es que el lugar donde me pongo el pantalón, es una casa donde me quito la camisa en alta voz…” Ike has made landfall again in Cuba and we are trying to contact the goddess OYA to save Havana. Fortunately Ike is only at Category 1 now, although they are saying he can grow … More ELLO ES QUE
There are many such words and I want to know the meaning of this syllable. PLACE NAMES INCLUDE Abancay Chancay Chinchay Recuay Yungay VERBS INCLUDE Yanapay (=to cooperate reciprocally) Challay (=to sprinkle, to fall as does dew) …and many, many others. Indeed, there seem to be -ay, -iy, and -uy verbs, but -ay verbs seem … More On Quechua Words Ending in -ay
I have been tagged again for the Passion Quilt meme, for which I thank WoC PhD. I am honored because I do not think of myself as passionate about teaching – I was not brought up to think of that as safe, say you are interested in it and you will not get a tenure … More That Passion Quilt
In the last quarter my TIAA-CREF retirement fund sustained another net loss. I do not live in a state which pays into Social Security, so this is my only retirement fund. Since I am theoretically a young person I have the funds allocated to relatively, although not outrageously high risk enterprises. I have recently had … More A Serious Question
A friend tells me I am an unusual professor because, although I am research oriented and work at a research institution, I care about undergraduate education. I see his point but I wonder, is it really true? 1. I do not feel that I care about lower division instruction. It does matter to me, and … More An Unusual Professor?
I People are very critical of women who are being abused physically. Why do they not just leave … why do they then get into another abusive relationship … and on, and on. “They are sick, that is why!” shouts the chorus in glee. The chorus forgets to consider how many predators there are, and … More I Object
It is the weekend, and I am in New Orleans singing with WWOZ. I have been hanging out at an excellent conference wherein smart professors and graduate students spoke. It has been very refreshing. I feel as though I am beginning to right my sails. While driving back and forth I considered everyone’s posts on … More A Modest Proposal
Over a year ago I had an argument with a blogger in which he accused me of insincerity. One of his blog friends looked at the exchange and said that actually, I was sincere “to a fault.” This was very interesting and I have thought about it since from time to time. I was first … More On Sincerity
Aside from the talk of abolishing it, tenure remains important for all of the usual reasons (primarily academic freedom), but for others perhaps more important, especially faculty governance. Without the job security of tenure, the professoriate is reduced to the role of a paid workforce serving at the whim of various bottom lines. More importantly, … More Open Thread on Tenure
How, precisely, do families who are in the final stages of transformation from Black to white, manage this internally? From what I have observed of people who move out of state to pass, the parents (at least one of whom will still look Creole) will keep a kind of don’t ask don’t tell policy on … More On Passing
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