Oberlin Blogs

There are many things I am thankful for this Thanksgiving. Here are just a few of them.

It turns out that 140 characters isn't enough to say everything that I want to say about learning a foreign language. Whoda thunk it?

Why this term is not as easy as I meant for it to be, featuring: a llama in a party hat, yours truly on a metaphorical balcony, and a quick historical linguistics lesson (among other things).

A question I ask of all my students.

What do you do in the last week before the midterm break, when everyone is tired, sick, and overwhelmed? Bring in Lego®, of course.

So there I was, happy to be a part of such a legendary class. The teacher, Eric, was great. Such a funny and intelligent man, and quite the stereotypical yogi as well (except during a few momentary lapses when he cursed in class, which was absolutely hilarious).

My semesters usually end up organizing themselves around a few different themes or shared ideas. This semester, the themes seem to be bodies/physicality, communities, and, to a somewhat lesser degree, stories.

What to study, what to study at Oberlin College?

Better known as my course load.

It's a necessary step! I handled mine really badly! This is why!

...and we're swamped. happy first week of class!

Random summer nonsense.