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This week, I thought I might instead share some self-reflective poetry/creative writing as my blog post: I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to me To hold a book in my hand. Why I’ll never forget My uncle throwing my book into the bushes as we walked to a bar at a familyContinue reading “Poem Post”

The Queer Pedagogue in a state of exception  It is amazing how much being alone with my thoughts has changed me as a queer academic. I think ‘identity politics’ do affect who we are in the classroom, and I have begun to question aspects of mine. Recently, one of the biggest questions I have beenContinue reading “The Queer Pedagogue in a State of Exception”

Claire Dwyer In high school, I was acknowledged as having a “gift” for language acquisition. In regards to Spanish, I probably do. I could pick up the language with little study, and I would frequently get 98-100% grades in the class. Over the decade of serious Spanish language study in lower, middle, and high schoolContinue reading “Languages are always living, even when dead: Some preliminary thoughts on language pedagogy”

Feb 27, 2020 The first time they sent me to the “Hall of Shame” was when I forgot to copy my V’s and W’s. We were learning cursive. In fact, I was relegated to the “Hall of Shame” four times that year. It was the third grade and I was eight years old. However, thirdContinue reading ““Gifted School” and other hellish things”

Claire Dwyer             President Barack Obama was a “philosopher king.” So was the medieval king that I study, Alfonso X. Trump is obviously nota philosopher king. But this platonic ideal, which comes directly from The Republic, gets infused into our peculiar sense of western idealism, I think because the philosopher king is who we would like to imagine ourselvesContinue reading “Obama was a philosopher king. Trump is not.”

 Claire Dwyer In class, Jody’s discussion of “does a ‘good’ really exist” stuck with me quite profoundly. I don’t believe that there is one good that exists, and never have. Additionally, I have an ecumenical view towards religion and morality. I believe that if a “heaven” or a “hell” existed, it wouldn’t matter what faithContinue reading “I got “being wrong in class” written on my report card once. As a positive.”

Claire Dwyer Historians are people who exist in their own particular historical contexts and attempt to look back objectively at the past. I think it is somewhat easier to separate myself from the medieval Iberian history that I study than it would be if I studied the history of the American civil war. But thereContinue reading “Socrates as Lord God”

“Then an argument came up about injustice being more profitable than justice, and I couldn’t refrain from abandoning the previous one and following up on that. Hence the result of the discussion, as far as I’m concerned, is that I know nothing for when I don’t know what justice is, I’ll hardly know whether itContinue reading “I know that I know nothing”

Recently, a friend of mine and I were reflecting on what labels mean to us as members of the queer community. As part of this discussion, I realized that it wasn’t just these queer identity terms which meant something to me—I had numerous other labels I applied to myself as well, some of which wereContinue reading “About me”