READ IT

Jul. 23rd, 2007 12:17 pm
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Of course my dreams of an uniterruped reading was asking to much. Not because of my kids but for my boss and his evil kickside who asked me to go to the office on Saturday morning, meaning I was at Santiago at 18 hrs not 10 in the morning at first planned.

Still, there are lot of passages I TRULLY enjoy.

Will go spoiler hunting and making comments on your journals.
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Bitching

Apr. 12th, 2006 02:57 pm
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Why is so difficult for people to understand that pedagogy is not a matter of technique so there are no universal recipes?.

I went to an insulting dissertation.

Arghhhhh!

*Thanks*

(Now I'm relaxed).
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Ok, I’m in the middle of the Social Pedagogy Congress. It turn to be pretty interesting, in lots of ways. Antibiotics are doing their works, I’m raising from the grave.

Bitching and gossiping about the congress )
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Guess who has fever now, and need to end a report for work? Right!
I'm so glad that in two more hours this week will end.

Well, being honest, Sunday wasn't bad. Mum came with all her sushi stuff, and "El Negro" (hubby) cook us the best sushi ever.

Even my non - prepared 6 hour class was quite good. While driving to the U, I desing a workshop and I felt that student don't realized that the class wasnt prepared.
I had a little incident at the last five minutes, I had in that class three Army men and one marxist guy, they always debate, and I let them.
We have been working in the concept of school violence. (I support the thesis that school it self is a very violent institution, from grading to arquitectonichal space). Well, everything was all right until the militars say they don't have violence at the militar institution, what is in fact a joke (the guy was serious). Other student responce them, and then it was just a thing of seconds before everybody was fighting (NOT DEBATING about Pinochet times, and the Army rol in it).
I really felt that things were out of my control. I used the coward path, and tell them that as Rugby had three moments, two of playing, and one of camaradery arround a beer, this class was haeding to the third "rugby" moment and that I kindly invite them to continue the dicussion at the cafeteria, good afternoon, and thank you very much. Ufff.
It had been 31 years since this start, and 15 since we return to democracy. It is still raw.

Mum was with my aunty yesterday, and told her that "Little Nocturnus had a fantastic writer workshop at the net" (Meaning 30minutefics), so aunty decided she want to join. That don't please me, not at the least.
This is my private space preciousssss.
Than I remember Kalinalea membership at the Austen fanon, and ask her for help. She kindly send some usefull links.
I've created another fanom adicted.
Now my infobox is full of mails expresing how fantastic this thing is. She had spend all day at the net.
One of my reticense was that my respectable aunt will get really schock with some adult containt.
I recieved, a very intelligent and liberal comment from her, about some books I'll never thought she would have read. It seems I need to give old ladies some credit. Wonders never end.

There were a earthquake at Japan, send hugs for people over here. It always tremble (at the least) here when Japan has an earthquake. Hope this time I'm wrong.

EDITED AFTER sCATTEREDLOGIC COMMENT:

We havent got an earthquake yet (cross fingers
tightly), but we always has after Japan, at least since I recall.
Chile is land of earthquakes, is as commons as USA tornados. The last one in Santigo was 1985, so is just to much time lapse. Trembling is a matter of every year.

Victory

Aug. 11th, 2004 02:48 pm
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Last semester a group of students in Bad university start complaining about how little "action" we have there. I tell them that they need to pick up the oportunities and make thinks happend.
Today,we have just close the first symposium of special education, organized by them. I appear giving my sing (public face) what is a shame because they did all the work, at least I make it clear to the dean and the headmaster (?) that was their work. It was a very good work. The best of all was the speech of two cubans proffessors and the testimony of a blind lawyer.
I'm proud of my girls.

New term

Aug. 2nd, 2004 10:38 am
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My winter vacation has oficially died.
Is a lovely rainy day.
My first period start with 26 students, none of them presents at class. Will this be one of THOSE terms?
Next class with them,on Wendsday, will be the day for a Snapish performance.
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Updated:

This "lovely" university, they asigned me a class and give a diferent one to my students, they were anoyed because they thought I don't came.
But then, In the afternoon I have physical education students, only 4 of 26 came to class. I doesn't matter, I was inspired and give an "ensare the senses" speech. They quickly called their friends and tell them to be carefull with this evil teacher (Je, je, je,if they only know)
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This is what I call a mess, and is enterily my fault.
The problem is that I don't felt a bit guilty. On thge contrary I want to laugh about my stupidity.
In an rapt of ciber creative, I made an excell list where I put all the grades of my students, if I press the bottom: Ta daaaa!: the rates were there.
So I did it, and fill all the administrative papers with that grades. But yesterday my helper called me, saiyng a poor girl fail the class but didn't understand why.
When I check, It seems that I made wrong the excell equations! Now I will go and face my death at the uni. If I never updated again, you know: Boss killed me.

In other front, the beast I have for pet piss all arround my room: The courtains, sheets, cover, walls. Not even the rabbit do that, but the dog!
I love my rabbit by the way, he is so smart.
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Grading day, and I did it in time: Yipeeeeee!
Few students will go for exams, I guess non will fail (Good students? or I am getting soft?...suspect the latter. Shame on me)

I deserve a meme


I take this one from Pandora Nervosa, went to ffnet, search in HP summaries, and type my name (real one):

There were 14 horribles fics over there, from Snape sibling to Draco lovers; from werewolf to transfer student (Canadian, thank God); and a singer who makes Snape felt angst. It seems I have a Mary Suesh name.

The weirder was this one:

Ginny Weasley's having a Bad Hair Day. She's hating work-a craptastic pile of paperwork and **** The Bitch. The weather doesn't do much to help. But there's someone at the end of it all to remind her that it's not so bad, right?

Well, it quite reassured me: what ever I write my fic can't be worst than that!


Womans with beards track me:

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On July 20, my birth, catholic curch used to honour "Santa Liberata", a woman who tradition, tells that God give her beard to be hide from an unwanted marriage. (That might explain that rebellious little hair that keep growing in my chin)
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Ok. This was supoussed to be an essay day, hubby would do it alone AND I will just beta and review for him. But, today his mum was send to the hospital with pneumonia, the man who fix the car (yes, it was still out of order) call saying that it is fix and the bill is..., how to phrase it? Scandalous, we just don't have that much. We are paying my son hospital's bill, and dealing with the consecuenses of the dicrease of job we have this semester. So he is in a pitifull state. And of course, he let the essay to the very last date.

But I'm a grown up now. I let him battle alone,I take charge of the kids. Now I read his introduction to the essay, which is pretty good (is not a problem of knowing, he just get too nervous). Now, in a very motherly way (hate it, I`m his wife, not Molly Weasley) I divided the rest of the work in three more little and handle tasks. While he do it, kids will be sleeping and I will leave to a meet some friends. When I return, I told him I expect him to give me the tasks I ask him, we will discuss it, and I will help him in the writting of his ideas.


Not the ideal situation, but much more better than other days, I'm improving in the "NO" compartiment.It is better because, I am helping him, but he is doing his own work, he can, I know that, I`ve seen his work before. Now, If I only could abducted him to the therapyst I will be in the glory.

In the Fibromyalgia front, things are so & so, better than last year at this month but worst as it was in summer. Must ask if there is a relation between sintoms and autumm/winter time. Also, I was having a very strict diet, wich I drop (lazzy, lazzy me) and I think I might be paying the consecuenses. Diet was good.

In the fic arena there are two answer to my challenge, one of them is pretty good, so good that I quit writting mine. The other one is from a new author, and I bet she is a teen. She will need encouragement.


Dear Stranger:
http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1903638

I love making challenges, maybe is because I dont dare to write fics in english, and I'm always having bunnies in my head.
Next one will be something in the line of "Dumbledore's rage", the school reaction to this teacher relation thingy. I'm ploting the challenge conditions: Any suggestions, they are wellcome and will be correctly adress.

Corazon send a message today consernig LaLS, I never like that site to much, my inner snob find it a little to smut and kitsch. But what pick my attention is the fact that people fight arround this fic thing. Really, I can`t get it.

In the same line, soon they will change WIKTT front page picture (Thank GOD), but I`m minority, the pics I like are rarely the ones that wins.

Well, not such a bad day for being "dark essay day".
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I´m done with the grading, done with the grading, done with the grading!!!!!
No dressing down at the U, lots, I mean LOTS of professors were in the same situation than I.

No complains from student, just one test badly add, but that is nothing comparing to others years. In good U I have an assistant...wich is grading for me. JE,JE.

Happy Dance!

A Test

Apr. 26th, 2004 12:22 pm
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Today was the final day of my oral tests.
And a surprise was in agenda for me.
The subject I was testing was multiculturalism, and there were some bibliography about pluralism and tolerance in Chile.
So there it come this student, who hasn't step out of the closet yet. Very reject by their peers, and we start the test. The guy is brilliant, have no problems in that arena, so what start like an oral exam soon changes into a very interesting and private talk. In which he start analyzing the gay community in Chile - in third person - and soon enough I realized he was testing me.
If I was worth his confidence.
Well, we spent a lot of time talking about gay in general, and chilean attitude towards them; he also told me that "some of them has been abuse at 4 yr old", at that point it was clear to me that he was talking of his experience. He don't recognized his options to me.
I think he was trying to know what my thoughts in the matter were. We agree to spend some time around a coffee after classes. I felt as he need an extra ear, just some one who listen.
Chile is a very closed society, gay are still a big issue, with no space at all, except af a diversion in tv shows, or some space as prett a porter.
It must be hard for him. Most of my gay friends have live the country to settle them self in Europe - very expensive option - or are very hide in the closet.
Who say in her LJ, something about a gay so inside the closet, that have reach Narnia?, that closet must be full of chileans.
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I've just return from a dinner with collegues of the bad university, you now the one I'm always complaining?
Well, something disconcerting occur me. I enjoy the dinner, laugh a lot, actually was happy to see people I havent seen, and then I thought "Damm, I think I belong here"; I don't know if I want to, but it seems that I've start letting my roots insert in the ground.
I don't know why, but that is the story of my life; meting odd people, completely different to me, hate them at first, and then slowly start loving them and commit with their lifes. Is always the same. My friends are a sort of jungle of different species. But this ones will add real weird ones to the collection. I don't want to get to involved, I want my way out of there, and join a research team in a good U, with lots of money destinated for humanities (Does something like that exist?). But then again, I enjoy the dinner, and felt all emotional toward my colleagues.
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There are some days that I felt that is worth teaching. Today I made an oral exam to my Bad University students. They were terrified. One girl enter very pale and trembling. I swear I'm not Snape, truly.
It seems that in three years, this was their first oral.
The question I made need comprehension and analysis of some texts and it aplication to our local culture. And they did it pretty well!!!!!! I'm so proud of them.
The top mark was for the ones that could actually sit down and have a conversation on the topic, being cappable of problemataized and argue using adecuately the concepts we have study. And there were three of them with top marks.
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I'm at the "good" university, waiting for the students to arrived. Today, they should have given me their first essay, yesterday my mail was full of post begging me to give them some more time. Now I have NO students at all, and class was supposed to start about six minutes ago. They are third year students, for God sake!, not babies anymore. This has never happened to me in my entire life.

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