This is so not my job and I would so like to do other things, but I am required to teach at this level and I have decided that the only way to make it non-draining is to put serious effort into it. That goes against all standard academic advice — especially since the memos … More Advice for my department
Now that my classes next semester are writing intensive, by decree, I must remember to use them, or at least one of them, to write a paper as well. I have that exceptionalism paper to write, and that earlier article to finish; for my modern Latin American course, where everyone is responsible for presenting work … More Advice to new faculty, versión infinita
Some things learned and decided about teaching this semester, lower division: 1. We need minute essays in the language courses — lower division courses. 2. We need reading and music and film and culture in these courses, and not canned culture, either. Without these things the courses are not interesting and also, the students do … More Some things learned and decided…
This is the ideal, and I’ve only ever had it once: I had a sophomore or junior level comp class with only about a dozen people in it that met twice a week for two full hours that I ran like a creative writing workshop. We did a series of linked essays: personal narrative, narrative … More Someone said, and I should do
When we discovered these records we could not have explained why they were saying ¡adentro!, but we understood that they were saying it, and we liked it. Axé.
I must do this. #OccupyHE. Axé.
“…at finde vejen til dig ind.” I may not be Christian, but I was raised in a Christian culture and I know a mystical song when I see one. Axé.
…on neoliberalism, in Neoliberalism: A Critical Reader. My notes are never complete, but we have this book on Ebscohost. – the “free” market is not a natural occurrence; the capitalist state has been restructured by neoliberalism (i.e. the market has not just driven the state back); the new political matrix created by neoliberalism has had … More And now, the beginning of that Munck chapter
This has to be shortened and made less challenging, as it will be an e-mail. I seek editing suggestions. Cher J, et cher R, When we chose V as a textbook, one reason was that it was the abbreviated version of another textbook we liked (SQ). We had decided that to work toward consistency without … More A draft missive
So I saw the pile of four books with which my colleague, hired after me, is coming up for promotion and I said: why have I not produced four books? But my colleague was hired with joy, not begrudgingly, and was welcomed upon his arrival, not suspected of low designs. He has a housewife who … More On meritocracies
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