The correct academic advice is that you should decide what you want to do and concentrate on that, and insist on conversing about that, as opposed to get caught by mentoring and advice. The problem with academic advice, normally, is that it is given by people who believe themselves infinitely superior to those they are … More Yet, still, more on academic advice
What was I thinking about when I wrote these things down? Manzano’s Autobiography of a Slave Solás’1981 Cecilia Sibylle Fischer’s 2005 introduction to Lane’s translation of Cecilia (I think it discusses the certificate of whiteness; in any case, I have this book); it also says other tings I like Lamore’s introduction to the 2004 Cátedra … More Des fragments Cécilia
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This will be my audio stand, probably in walnut, the Archetype 5.0 with bookends. It will cost me $438 in all and I will buy it with my tax refund. Axé.
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If we look at the politics of the European neoliberal ruling class, we see that they are doing exactly this: in some countries (such as Italy) they are reducing the financing for school and for research, privatizing public schools, and provoking a large-scale de-scholarization that has already begun showing signs of producing widespread ignorance and … More What is happening
On the way home from the prison I visited my old students, who are now teaching assistants, and met their new friends. They are now teaching some of the same classes I am and we discussed our difficulties. One student, a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature from Mendoza, Argentina, was very grateful, as I was … More On foreign language teaching
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The post of interest for today is on guilt and I have to think about it more. I think guilt has many forms and functions, none of them positive. It is often something people want one to feel, for reasons that benefit them. Tired, I am aware of how much pain I have been in … More La douleur
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