Engl 1106
True and Notso
Alright, wise guys. How well do you know me? One of these is true, and the other is notso. Since I’m visually impaired, the U.S. Military wouldn’t take me. I was born in Canada, however, giving me dual citizenship, so after high school I was able to join the Royal Canadian Airforce and fulfill my... more »
Sabbatical Notes From Underground: Pedagogy of the Oppressed
I first read Paulo Freire 17 years ago in graduate school. What I remember was that Pedagogy was challenging and difficult to apply to an American context, but it also transformed how I saw my relationship to students and clarified the real purpose of literacy education for me. I didn’t think of... more »
Barry’s “The Ugly Truth about Beauty”
I have some experience with what Dave grapples with in this piece. I’m a man. I have a wife, Sherry. Sherry asks me regularly about her hair. Writes Barry, “If you’re a man, and a woman asks you how she looks, you’re in big trouble. Back in 1987, there was one perm Sherry got that I... more »