I have not said much about Obama and the DNC of late here at the Proletarian. I am excited about Obama’s vision for a better America, a more liberal one that offers all GROUPS and TYPES of people a voice in being a part of the participatory processes that truly formulates a secular constitutional state. However, with [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 23, 2008
I am a Fantasy Nerd, Not Just An Academic
Above: Carson and his fantasy league friends at the Hampton INN
For the 15th year, the Fantasy Football League I am a member of met for our annual draft; we tend to spend a day or so hanging out and talking about life; on draft day, we conduct a pre-draft order so that each of us [...]
August 19, 2008
The Department
Row 1: Casey Bourland, Suzan Phenicie, Christine Metoyer.
Row 2: Carson, Kevin Sivils, Gabe Malouf.
Here is the department of history and social science at Houston Christian; we seem to be off to a great start, though a bit slow with the number of campus retreats taking place. As I have stated before, we all get alone [...]
August 14, 2008
Year 9 Day 1 of Teaching
Above: Hannah Weems, Matt Haworth, Carson, and Rav Senanayake
The first day of classes is always a challenge; I have been sprinting to get a number of last second changes made to my syllabi, as well as organize interesting discussions that are relavent to my three courses on day one. I recall as a high school [...]
August 13, 2008
Real Olympic Heros
” “Black Power Salute” was the moment during the 1968 Olympics, in which African-Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos exultantly gestured skyward, effectively leveling the playing field for civil rights. During the Mexico City games, Smith won the 200-meter race, setting a world record, and Carlos placed third. On the podium, they made a statement for [...]
August 8, 2008
On Education
I spoke with an admissions person from Duke University yesterday via an exchange of email who found this blog piece below to be of great interest. Our conversation pretty much addressed less the Duke Lacrosse issue and more the inequalities In education. I am waiting permission to publish a few comments from a highly interesting exchange. [...]
August 2, 2008
Dilemma
I am in a very tight dilemma come October; I am set to present a paper at an American history conference in Salt Lake City, Utah the same week the European history development committee is meeting in another state. Here is what I am hoping will happen: My paper will be placed early on the [...]
