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In A Non-Niche Niche
When I started this blog, I intended it to be about teaching. Particularly about the crazy things that happen in a classroom that are wholly unexpected and that education courses never talk about. Which would make a pretty good college … Continue reading
Successful Quechuans: Benjamin Bratt
Originally posted on The New York Quechua Initiative:
Benjamin’s father is European and his mother is Quechuan. In 1969, when Benjamin was a child living in San Francisco his mother took him to participate in the Native-American Occupation of…
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Tagged Benjamin Bratt, celebrities, ecuador, kichwa, kichwa hatari, language, Peru, Quechua, The New York Quechua Initiative
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BICS is okay, but CALP? Forget it.
Wait, what? I uttered this in our office the other day and everyone laughed. To help you understand why this could remotely be funny while not putting you to sleep instantly, here’s a quick, so-don’t-stop-reading, crash course on learning a … Continue reading
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Tagged BICS and CALP, bilingual, culture, ecuador, ell, ENL, esl, high school, kichwa, language learning, languages, Spanish
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My Conflict With Religion
Religion used to be a definitive part of my life. I was following the rules or I wasn’t. I was accepting God’s love or I wasn’t. I was respectful to people of all religions. My religion wasn’t worse or better … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged alaska, Catholicism, christianity, culture, ecuador, heaven, inuit, judaism, kichwa, lifestyle, religion, respect, Russian Orthodox, Seder, spirituality
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Archaeology, History and Impatience
What isn’t cool about archaeology? A while ago, I realized that archaeology is really the study of the history of people. How self-absorbed are we? How ADD am I? Those are intrinsically interesting questions. At least to me. I’m not … Continue reading
Posted in history, Uncategorized
Tagged add, archaeological digs, archaeology, China, culture, ecuador, Education, history, Humor, national geographic, reading
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Elmendorf AFB + Pentagon+ Chappaqua,NY = Ecuadorian Kichwa
A road less traveled. The only location I left out was my 4 years in Ohio for college. With the exception of Ohio, which wasn’t 100% my choice since my parents had to agree to foot the bill, I didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in education, humor, languages
Tagged Chappaqua, ecuador, Elmendorf AFB, Humor, kichwa, kichwa hatari, language, New York Times, ossining, Ossining UFSD, radio el tambo stero, TEACHING
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Alli Chishi Mashikuna
Once upon a time there was a high school ESL teacher who couldn’t understand why so many of her students from Ecuador had such a hard time in their native speaker Spanish classes. Native Spanish speakers take Living Environment and … Continue reading
