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lotesseToday in horrible:
Menominee Seventh Grader Suspended for Saying 'I Love You' in her Native Language: this really brings home the importance of language rights, and of keeping conversations about English-centric teaching front and center. It's a point that I try to bring up at some time during semesters when I'm teaching predominantly white native-English-speaking kids written English skills - how different the task would be if you had to learn to express yourself in a language that wasn't the one you heard at home. Shit like this is why I will never penalize a student for use of Black English Vernacular, and why, though I teach grammar skills, they don't make up a huge portion of my grading criteria.
Alan Turing Pardon Denied of the Day: “A posthumous pardon was not considered appropriate as Alan Turing was properly convicted of what at the time was a criminal offence. He would have known that his offence was against the law and that he would be prosecuted,” said Lord McNally last week. Well fuck - good to know that standards of morality are unchanging! I had better go find something to wear that properly covers my hair and my ankles. It would only be symbolic justice - it's too late for Turing. But that symbol would MEAN SOMETHING to all the queer people who still have to live in the world right now.
Today in amusing: at uni, written in sidewalk chalk, "bring an athiest to church." Oh how I longed for a piece of red chalk.
Today in wonderful: Prop 8 repealed yay!
eta: Brilliant democratic state senator tacks 'Every Sperm is Sacred' clause to Oklahoma's personhood bill. Bawhaha that's fantastic.
Menominee Seventh Grader Suspended for Saying 'I Love You' in her Native Language: this really brings home the importance of language rights, and of keeping conversations about English-centric teaching front and center. It's a point that I try to bring up at some time during semesters when I'm teaching predominantly white native-English-speaking kids written English skills - how different the task would be if you had to learn to express yourself in a language that wasn't the one you heard at home. Shit like this is why I will never penalize a student for use of Black English Vernacular, and why, though I teach grammar skills, they don't make up a huge portion of my grading criteria.
Alan Turing Pardon Denied of the Day: “A posthumous pardon was not considered appropriate as Alan Turing was properly convicted of what at the time was a criminal offence. He would have known that his offence was against the law and that he would be prosecuted,” said Lord McNally last week. Well fuck - good to know that standards of morality are unchanging! I had better go find something to wear that properly covers my hair and my ankles. It would only be symbolic justice - it's too late for Turing. But that symbol would MEAN SOMETHING to all the queer people who still have to live in the world right now.
Today in amusing: at uni, written in sidewalk chalk, "bring an athiest to church." Oh how I longed for a piece of red chalk.
Today in wonderful: Prop 8 repealed yay!
eta: Brilliant democratic state senator tacks 'Every Sperm is Sacred' clause to Oklahoma's personhood bill. Bawhaha that's fantastic.
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Date: 2012-02-07 11:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-08 12:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-08 12:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-08 03:10 am (UTC)Did I ever shoot you an email back about the Tortall fics? I'm a little burned for creative energy at prisint, but am hoping to have a sit-down sometime over the next week. I appreciated a lot of what you said - I'll respond more fully when I've got more spoons.
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Date: 2012-02-08 06:15 am (UTC)The second is sad, but I do get the Lords' reasoning. Oh, everything about Turing makes me so sad.
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Date: 2012-02-08 01:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-09 12:20 pm (UTC)But let us pray about Prop 8 being well on its way to being once and all defeated, and yay! State of Washington!