Category: teaching
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Philosophy in Mexico, philosophy in Latin America has suffered the loss of its most distinguished cultivators. Faced with so painful a fact, these words, devoid of serenity and written with… more ›
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First, we need to create honest and accurate language. Adjunct designates an inessential supplement, yet adjunct professors are just as permanent a fixture at colleges and universities trying to save a… more ›
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Another way of saying educate is bring up or raise. With these English synonyms, we notice an explicit movement from a lower to a higher position. Socrates indicates such movement… more ›
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Madonna’s “Nothing Really Matters” was on heavy rotation on British Airways on-flight music programming during the summer of 1998 while he enjoyed his summer break from teaching in Japan. He… more ›
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How does a poet write history? I once began with this question. But after several years of focusing on the first part of my questionable query, I find myself now… more ›
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I have finished lecturing. I have graded all final exams, essays, and late assignments. I have computed and fudged and inflated all course grades. I have submitted course grades. I… more ›
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How academia is turning me into a stingy and petty academic. When resources are already stretched too far, the small benefits afforded students and professors in the humanities become necessary… more ›
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Only two classes down. But for the third class, I already have an incomplete/extension. So, for the most part, I’m done with the semester. Done with coursework altogether. Not counting,… more ›
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Yes, I am the backwater, poor white trash that created a Facebook event page for World Philosophy Day. UNESCO, the sponsor of the global event, did not create one. Neither… more ›
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When you’ve been in school for as long as I have, you reach a certain point—especially after a few years of teaching—when you realize that the majority of your own… more ›