tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post4007184998343587939..comments2023-10-08T05:00:23.559-04:00Comments on Clarissa's Blog: Teaching WritingClarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-45954747846700980182011-04-07T13:07:16.912-04:002011-04-07T13:07:16.912-04:00Back to the writing: I am beginning to work from a...Back to the writing: I am beginning to work from an Augustinian theory that posits a sort of original writing sin being innate in human beings. Despite the efforts of teachers to explain the difference between fact and argument, very few people are able to put these precepts into practice without some sort of divine grace. Now if I could just figure out how to call down that grace upon my students (and yours), we'd be fine.Dame Eleanor Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512884104691200975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-57315531399262976212011-04-07T12:18:16.386-04:002011-04-07T12:18:16.386-04:00Have these people missed the news that Jesus defin...Have these people missed the news that Jesus definitely loved his wine? And that the Bible is filled with scenes of violence that can compete easily with those in "El matadero"?<br /><br />Ignoramuses.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-15214131304312996362011-04-07T12:15:46.417-04:002011-04-07T12:15:46.417-04:00There are religious institutions and religious ins...There are religious institutions and religious institutions. I only applied to the ones I felt I could be comfortable in (hint: they didn't require a statement of faith). I know people who applied and have been hired at really conservative ones, and they have been told that being seen in the town's bar (on their own time, on a Saturday) drinking alcohol, was grounds for dismissal. One person in particular told me that she was forbidden from teaching Esteban Echeverria's "El matadero", but never given an explanation as to why. It is puzzling, since I doubt anybody but a Spanish prof has read "El matadero".Spanish profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248530328973177920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-8470351325813384592011-04-07T12:09:28.859-04:002011-04-07T12:09:28.859-04:00I once applied to a position at a religious colleg...I once applied to a position at a religious college by mistake. They required that I provide a written pledge not to engage in extramarital sex and drunk and rowdy behavior while employed by them. They also wanted a statement in how I was going to incorporate my faith into my courses. Including a course on Spanish grammar. I can just imagine such activities: "Don't forget to use the subjunctive, students! Jesus liked and used the subjunctive all the time."Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-1318164492340295622011-04-07T12:00:42.830-04:002011-04-07T12:00:42.830-04:00I'm not in the Bible Belt, but I work at a rel...I'm not in the Bible Belt, but I work at a religious institution. Pretty liberal, but some students are more zealots than others regarding religion.Spanish profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248530328973177920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-39015246887402048232011-04-07T11:49:15.677-04:002011-04-07T11:49:15.677-04:00As for the last topic: you aren't in the Bible...As for the last topic: you aren't in the Bible Belt, are you? I wouldn't expect such a topic anywhere else.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-16308519164716314232011-04-07T10:47:07.401-04:002011-04-07T10:47:07.401-04:00"These two short stories have some difference..."These two short stories have some differences and some similarities". <br /><br />I think that if they could tell me what the differences and the similarities are, and what do they attribute them to, I would be happy.<br /><br />I am going through my students' final essay proposals this week (Thesis, outline, annotated bibliography). As you, I've said many time to avoid generalizations, to think little rather than big, and that "La virgen de los sicarios" describes the effect of violence in Medellín is not a thesis but a description of the novel. <br /><br />Some proposals are good and very good. One is brilliant. But others are impossible. For example (this is a civilization course, not a lit one):<br /><br />-Thesis: The future of Latin American kids is doomed because of lack of attention to educational policies which will condemn future generations to ignorance (????)<br /><br /><br />-Thesis: I want to research the influence of the Catholic Church in Latin American culture and economy, and how Latin American identity is changing with the spread of Evangelical protestant churches in the continent. <br /><br />And I could go on and on.Spanish profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248530328973177920noreply@blogger.com