duminică, 16 noiembrie 2008

Dilemma

I'm a hypocrite. Am I a hypocrite? I'm teaching students in Journalism this year. They should be incisive, fair but aggressive. More than anything, they should WRITE. About anything, at all times. But when using wikis to work with them should we have any language restrictions? Me and my colleague made it very clear to them from the beginning that we're working on an academic space where they should "watch the language". BUT: isn't it a form of hypocrisy on my behalf? Pretending swear words don't exist in a language? Isn't it a form of censorship, to erase words which have offensive connotations? I for one use bad words sometimes, I listen to hip hop, I don't blush when I say a ... joke.On the other hand, accepting these things will lead us educators WHERE?

I'm confrunting with this dilemma. Help!

sâmbătă, 1 noiembrie 2008

duminică, 5 octombrie 2008

Duck Race

5000 ducks racing on the Bega River. Each of them had an 'adoptive' parent who donated 5 lei for the rehabilitation of this river crossing our city.

It was a big event, the first of its kind in Timisoara, so I'm proud to have been part of the organizing team. At the end of the day, we raised money, and had fun (despite the cold, pouring rain)! Moreover, people gathered on the banks of the river and felt something was, at last, going to be done in order to change the lousy state it's been in for decades. Being a volunteer really fills my life with interesting experiences, and my heart with joy.

duminică, 20 aprilie 2008

MY RISE STUDENTS TALKING ABOUT ROMANIA

Sister classes

We've done it!!! I'm very proud of the above post because it shows the results of my work together with my first year students in International Relations and European Studies :) The slideshow is part of a "Sister Classes" project carried out in 6 countries across the world (thanks to Larry Ferlazzo).

It's the first time I'm involved in such an activity and producing the voicethread has had its challenges but the outcome is certainly worth it ;)

So I guess congrats are in order for everyone involved!

vineri, 21 martie 2008

I love Timisoara! :)


Whenever I have guests I realize how proud I am to be living in Timisoara..