Grading II (Skip to my Lou)
10/12/2011
Axé.
Grading I
10/12/2011
Axé.
Sur le Mexique
09/12/2011
From John Ackerman. (I do not know John Ackerman and I do not know what it is like to be John Ackerman, but I claim to covet his education and job –.) The idea that Mexico´s President Felipe Calderón has conducted a “frontal attack” against the drug cartels is patently false. There are no signs … More Sur le Mexique
Finishing more
08/12/2011
Now we have accomplished even more this semester. I am truly amazed at the vista and I think there is more to come. Axé.
Nostalgia por la luz
08/12/2011
This was the last film we saw in my class and it was downright spiritual, especially coming on the heels of Biutiful. I don’t think you can see these films and stay the same. Axé.
More fuming at academic advice and about curriculum
07/12/2011
Theme. I finally understand why the academic advisers keep saying to cut corners on teaching: they don’t teach beginning or general education courses, or if they do, they have TAs or at least graders. I know exactly how to do a good job on an upper division or a graduate course without overworking but there … More More fuming at academic advice and about curriculum
Un retrato sorprendente
07/12/2011
Tonight my student took a picture of our class “to document ourselves since we are a historical event: the first course ever given on [genre] at this university.” This was after I spent a weekend writing a curriculum for a new major. Earlier this semester I had been informed that my courses on [genres, topics] … More Un retrato sorprendente
Circuits, withal
06/12/2011
I think one of the electrical circuits in the house is going, as lights have been browning out. This circuit appears to rule the living room, the hall and the air conditioning. Can I still use these things while they are partially functional, as they are now, or must I unplug everything until this wire … More Circuits, withal
Marcha de las calaveras
05/12/2011
Alejandro Jodorowsky, the Chilean filmmaker, in Mexico City to perform “psycho-magic” against the narco-killings. The poem chosen to inaugurate the event was Los heraldos negros. Axé.
A Question on Russell Berman
04/12/2011
Graduate students ought to be able to complete course work in two years, says the President of the MLA. From the BA, two years of coursework, then two of examination and thesis, and that is all. What do you think of this? Doesn’t it reduce the PhD to what the MA once was and still … More A Question on Russell Berman
