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A First-generation College Education and Its Discontents

Submitted by cvcedillo on March 4, 2013 - 1:03pm

"When I got my M.A., I received congratulations. I also received an exhortation that it was time to get a job and stop this school foolishness, which was clearly a way to avoid a job. When I pulled out my National Council of Teachers of English card, my grandfather's first question was whether that meant I was union."

Scholarly Behaviors: Conferences vs. Classrooms

Submitted by cvcedillo on January 14, 2013 - 1:49pm

I came across a link to this article from _The Chronicle of Higher Ed_ today, and given that I'm currently working out my issues regarding habitus and bodily hexis, I thought I'd share.
http://chronicle.com/article/We-Know-You-Can-Read-So-Can/136607/?cid=at&...

Guns, Tragedy, and Romanticized History

Submitted by cvcedillo on July 23, 2012 - 6:23pm

This video featuring Bill Moyers speaks to the recent events in Aurora, Colorado. Moyers makes some valid points concerning how ridiculously attainable guns our in our country, and how the NRA has worked to block bans on semi-automatic weapons such as that used by "suspect" James Holmes in his attack on a crowd of theater-goers.

http://www.upworthy.com/what-is-the-true-cost-of-americas-obsession-with...

My Introductory Blog Entry; Or, How a Rhetoric Prof. Spends Her Summers

Submitted by cvcedillo on June 4, 2012 - 12:42am

Hello, All! It's great to finally join the Blogora after a long time of simply thinking about it.