I had a premonition that this year’s in-service would be about active shooters on campus just after Aurora. I’m glad we did and it heartens me that there seems to be a paradigm shift. Greg Crane…
Alternate response to Cellphones in class.
Kung Fu Hustle
I hate to admit I enjoyed Kung Fu Hustle. There are aspects of traditional Chinese culture, and Hong Kong action stars from the manic hey-day of the 70’s. It isn’t fresh in my memory now, and to be honest I…
The Exotic White Dialect ;)
Read a really short post by Les Blances Exotique . Irony alert. I love how beautiful and simple the exotic white dialect is. Because it has less words and lacks any logical grammar, it just sounds so peaceful, calming, and real.…
China in the news: late August.
The olympics brought interesting headlines, though I haven’t seen anything about Taiwan being pressured to march with China, and refusing to march if that was the condition of their participation. If anyone has anything on that please share. As she…
“Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress:” the movie
Just watched the movie, and it isn’t bad. It isn’t the book I remember, but it was an official selection at the Cannes Film fest, won the National Board of Review in 2004, and was nominated for 1/2 dozen or…
How My Classes are Unlike High School Classes.
Re: expectations – how college is different from high school – links. from College Misery. From SMU, with less snark
More Advice for Students: from teh interwebs.
I was the almost first generation to graduate college; My mom beat me by a couple years. I did benefit from hearing about her experiences, but there are tricks and truths about college that 2nd and 3rd generation college grads…
Types of Students
College Misery breaks down taxonomies of students with frightening regularity. I want to think that if we discussed theses we could better communicate with with first generation students who don’t know what to expect and / or have unrealistic expectations.…
Types of Professors
I enjoy taxonomies like this, and hope to engage a class in examining archetypes, stereotypes and the like and exploring why they, exist, what they mean, their use and shortcomings. Matt Groening in School is Hell may have done it…