I used this as part of my lesson Thursday and Friday last week, after the Inauguration. I had the students compare and contrast the message in this song with that of Juanes’s “Odio por amor” (we also did CLOZE activities with the song, etc.) I came across the link through one of the people I [...]
Entries from January 2009
January 26, 2009
On Writing Research Papers and Feeling Lost
My dissertation is written. Finally — it definitely took long enough. I’ve sent it to a few people to read and give me feedback.
One problem is that the dissertation is in Spanish, so my pool of potential readers is rather limited. Mainly, it’s my family, which generally are a terrible group from whom to get [...]
January 17, 2009
Like Whitesnake, “Here I Go Again”…
Regardless of how I feel about things now, in January, I have to finish the semester through June. As much as I may dislike my job — and myself at my job — right now, I’m not going to quit mid-year.*
Since I have to stay, I might as well give it one more shot; try [...]
January 13, 2009
On Bi-Polar Thinking
Sometimes I wonder if I just barely made “sane.” As in, you need a 70 or above to score medication, and I got a 68.
I’m hating my job right now. And I’m doing a terrible job at it — the students have been working on their semester exam reviews, so I’ve just sat at my [...]
January 9, 2009
If The Teacher Refuses To Do It, Why Should The Student Bother?
We expect our students to follow the rules imposed by us, the teachers and administration. We expect them to respect and obey authority. We also expect them to grow each and every day; we expect them to learn what we teach them and to assimilate and apply that knowledge daily, constantly, continuously.
Why do we the [...]
January 7, 2009
On Tutoring and Availability
I tend to spend too much time at school, before and after my contract time. Since I’m likely to be there anyway, why not make myself available to my students?
My tutoring hours are every day, before and after school, unless I have a meeting. Great! Kids can come see me anytime!
You have sports after school? [...]
January 5, 2009
Back to the trenches…
Back to school tomorrow.
Guess how UNMOTIVATED I am about it?
Yeah.
I figured out a loose gameplan for the final exam (week after this one), but other than that I have no lesson plan. I guess just a lot of review, huh?
Tonight, the wheels started turning about a potential connection I may have for a college-level job… [...]
