I do not “manage time” as well as I once did and it is because at a certain point, I realized it was not possible. I do not have the power to make the kinds of decisions I have been able to make on use of time I have had in other academic jobs I … More A Radical Thought on Time Management
December! An excellent month! A month of culminations and clarity and brightness! It’s December first! Axé.
Here are some reasons why, once again: 1. The faculty: warring instructors and adjuncts, all overworked, and the assistant professors they are trying to bully so they won’t stay and who are terrified. Me, with a lot of other responsibilities and minimal interest in foreign language teaching, especially in this atmosphere. 2. The students: some … More I still dislike foreign language teaching!
Ingredients for 1 white Hispanic man, 45 years of age: 1 fussy lady, 75 years of age 1 fractious adolescent male, 12-17 years of age 1 mold, man size and shape Method: Put both ingredients in blender; blend until the mixture is even and smooth. Pour into mold; bake until done. As soon as he … More An offensive post: recipe for a white Hispanic man. Yes, this is sterotyping and discrimination, well deserved.
When I took my PhD exam I was concerned about passing so I gave it all I had. The committee was impressed, saying they had known I was competent but not that I was good, because I had always been so noncommittal about everything. That, of course, was because I had always been told it … More On not committing
Once again it turns out I am with or ahead of the times, not behind. This semester I was convinced to give up my claim that we need an articulated curriculum if students are to make satisfactory progress to degree, and to endorse the allegedly new, individualistic practice Gerald Graff called “courseocentrism” in an address … More Russell Berman, Gerald Graff
From the Northern Gaijin: late 19th century farmers, pushed off land by banking practices, organize and radicalize in the United States and move to Canada. Their descendants are the NDP. This video is very interesting. Axé.
As we know, if I watched television and went to church then I would understand the culture I live in and I would be better equipped to defend myself against it. Now I have discovered by chance another element in the education of our Reeducators: See, we were raised on 1980s movies and sitcoms, and … More Sources of Reeducation
This may not be up long but it is interesting. Axé.
Not only do we teach more classes and do it in worse conditions than many, and have more fun in life — we also have more interesting students than almost anyone. Student #1 had a father, recently deceased. Professor Zero: What did he do in life? Student: He was a coyote. Student #2 had a … More Sobre los estudiantes
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