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BRCC Commencement 2012

By ~LS~ On May 18, 2012 · Add Comment · In I have to work? and tagged Tagged With: BRCC, D&D, Geek, Teaching, What I Did Today

Today I had the joy of witnessing BRCC’s commencement ceremony. I had more fun at today’s ceremony than at most any other I’ve attended. There have been some momentous ones, where I’ve hooded advisees or watched favorite cohorts graduate or where I graduated myself, but this one was particularly joyous.

Today I got to sit on the stage and watch the students as they shook hands with the Chancellor, posed for the photographer, and clutched their diploma folder.

Now, I’ve done that many times before, but at a university. The ceremony at USF was impersonal. When I saw my students “walk” I had feelings of tenderness, but nothing like today. Today the sheer aura of success radiated off the students’ faces. You can see that from the floor, where I usually sit, but right on the stage, it’s blinding. It made me giddy.

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Pecha Kucha in Public Speaking

By ~LS~ On October 23, 2010 · Add Comment · In Pedagogy, Rhetoric, Technology and tagged Tagged With: For Wordies, Pedagogy, Rhetoric, Speech, Teaching, Teaching Activities

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10 reasons why Blackboard Learn sucks

By ~LS~ On October 5, 2010 · 4 Comments · In Technology and tagged Tagged With: Educational Technology, Teaching, Work Sucks

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Pre-grading Procrastinatory Thoughts

By ~LS~ On September 29, 2010 · Add Comment · In The Quotidian (yadda yadda) and tagged Tagged With: For Wordies, Pop Culture, Silliness, Teaching, Work Sucks

1. Procrastinatory is a real word. I looked. But Webster’s online dictionary is now subscription based. WTF?

2. I’ve decided to wave just like Willow — with large smiles and much enthusiasm. I’ve put this decision into practice. It seems to be going well.

3. After many years of trying to explain in simplistic language why we don’t call Asian people “Oriental,” I’ve finally decided just to show a picture of the world “upside down.”

4. Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp in the same movie? Way too much hawtness in one movie. However will I stand it?

5. My fifth post today. Obviously I’m feeling chatty.

6. Ben Affleck is a better storyteller than he is an actor. To this day I still don’t understand why Kevin Smith let his monologue in Chasing Amy go on for fifteen minutes. He’s [...]

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On Office Hours and Better Teaching

By ~LS~ On September 29, 2010 · Add Comment · In I have to work?, Pedagogy and tagged Tagged With: BRCC, Pedagogy, Speech, Teaching, Work Sucks

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Cultural Identity Activity

By ~LS~ On August 25, 2010 · Add Comment · In Feminism, I have to work?, Pedagogy, Politics, Race and Racism and tagged Tagged With: BRCC, Feminism, Gender, Generations, Louisiana, Pedagogy, Race, Sexism, Teaching, Teaching Activities

Since teaching at BRCC I have struggled with introducing issues of racism and other identity categories into the classroom. Given the diversity of the campus population, I’m not sure why. As I posted previously, the responses to racial topics are completely unpredictable.

Last semester, for instance, my students claimed that black people really do like fried chicken. Although part of that discussion was intentional provocation on some of the students’ part, I think many genuinely bought into the stereotype.

Perhaps my difficulties derive from the increasing hostility in conservative rhetoric toward people of color. The “love it or leave it,” English-only mentality is surprisingly prevalent. Although many, many white students don’t fall into this category, there are enough of them to make conversations tense and uncomfortable.

If the students of color (predominantly black, though we’re seeing a rise in other minorities) aren’t comfortable enough to [...]

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