Here’s the latest: a Latina teacher is fired for being to “Afro-centric” in her teaching! Because she tries to make up for the skewed history taught in most classrooms, her reward is termination-and don’t miss this-by her African American principal. I realize that curriculum(s) must adhere to certain standards, but when a teacher is fired [...]
Victor Villanueva first post on the CCCC’s blog devoted to diversity can be found here: http://cccc-blog.blogspot.com/
I hope everyone takes a minute to read it.
CCCC’s has created a blog that will be devoted exclusively to diversity issues. According to the blog description, every two weeks a guest writer will post/initiate a conversation devoted to a particular issue that warrants intellectual discussion and response. The first guest blogger will be Victor Villanueva, and his post is set to appear on [...]
I just completed my readings for a mini seminar that I am attending in the morning regarding ESL learners and the writing center. All of the texts made some very interesting observations, and brought up some topics that I had not thought about since I got my masters in linguistics. Language has always fascinated me; [...]
In honor of Martin Luther King Day, Dr. Cornell West gave this speech to honor, remind, and indict those that misread the significance of the holiday as “just some black man’s birthday”. The video you are about to see is 45 minutes long, and is not for the faint of heart. But if you want [...]
I know my poor blog has been neglected since November, but I should be back in full force in the upcoming weeks. I wish all of you out there a happy new year! Felicidades!
The next few weeks will be filled with syllabi writing and figuring out exactly what I want my students to learn [...]
