Dalila Machado
25/09/2011
My old school friend’s latest book is out and the work is beautiful. Axé, Dalila! I came home from the office at two in the morning and there it was, entirely shiny. Axé.
Category: What Is A Scholar?
Examen parcial
24/09/2011
Actividad: identificar en el poema siguiente los versos, la estrofa, la rima, el ritmo, los tropos; elaborar una explicación del texto a partir de ahí. Sí, se puede usar diccionarios. No, no se permite el uso del libro de texto; el punto es haber trabajado lo suficiente con la terminología que venimos usando y poder … More Examen parcial
Further Iconoclastic Remarks
24/09/2011
1. Spanish and Portuguese and Latin American History might be the best undergraduate majors; they seem to be more research oriented than the other majors and to attract more independent people. I realized this one semester when I was teaching in Comparative Literature and Women’s Studies, both, as well, at the senior and graduate levels … More Further Iconoclastic Remarks
Another Iconoclastic Question
24/09/2011
What do professors mean when they talk about their flexible work schedules? I understand when they say it about graduate school, although I point out that anyone who didn’t then make their own schedule and stick to it, did not make progress to degree and ultimately dropped out or was dropped from the program. I … More Another Iconoclastic Question
On Enemy Propaganda
24/09/2011
A third of the semester is gone. One of my five classes (remember, I have five classes and five graduate committees, and administrative work and a major grant proposal and research, and in order to do this work I must fight obstruction daily) — well as I say, one of my classes did a really … More On Enemy Propaganda
Writing is Fun, and Publishing Is Easy
23/09/2011
The prose that is hard to write is not the prose in which you formulate your research ideas. It is the prose that justifies the purchase of books to entities which believe universities can conduct research without them. And the teaching that is hard is not the teaching in which you actually draw upon your … More Writing is Fun, and Publishing Is Easy
Further Examples of Poor Advice
22/09/2011
Scene: Christmas party. Person: So what are you doing for Christmas, Z? Graduate Student Zero: The main event is, go to the MLA. Professor for whom I am a Research Assistant [overhearing]: That is a bad idea. You have not filed your dissertation. You will have no interviews. Graduate Student Zero: I have seven. Do … More Further Examples of Poor Advice
Déguelasse
22/09/2011
Consider the condescending tone taken toward faculty here. Blended learning can be a dirty word among some members of your faculty. The fears of embarrassing technical snafus, poor student attendance, and job insecurity often enter the discussion when it comes to using lecture capture in a blended learning model. This web seminar will explore why … More Déguelasse
On Commitment
20/09/2011
I would say you have to commit to whatever you do, from mowing to centering clay to swimming to shore or rowing to the end of the lake; people know this. Committing to do your best – not the best, but your present best – is, in my experience, also the most expedient way of … More On Commitment
Laughing and Singing
18/09/2011
I Now that assistant professor from my other department has written about 30% of our grant and done a really good job of it, too. If we win, it may be because of him and I am tempted to write our (i.e., my other) department chair to say so. When I first met this assistant … More Laughing and Singing
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