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\n<\/p>\n

\n

[Another
\nSpring semester is upon us, and with it my annual Spring semester previews. This
\ntime I\u2019ll focus on one skill I\u2019m excited to be teaching as part of each of
\nthese courses. Please share what you\u2019ve got going on this semester and year as
\nwell!]<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not
\ngonna lie, probably the hardest part of my Spring semester is going to be the
\nweek we watch Fruitvale Station<\/i><\/a><\/span> in my First-Year Writing II
\nclasses (as part of a unit where they write a comparative analysis of a couple
\nfilms\/TV shows\/multimedia texts). I wish I felt we were in a better place as a
\ncountry than we were 15+ years ago when that film\u2019s events took place, or a
\ndecade+ ago when the film itself was released. I wish it didn\u2019t seem so clear
\nto me that so many of my fellow Americans would watch that film and argue that Oscar Grant<\/a>
\ngot what was coming to him, or worse. But a central aspect of what we do in the
\nclassroom is to try to engage with our toughest conversations, to develop
\nindividual voices and ideas, but also and perhaps especially as communities. So
\nthis hardest part of my semester might well be the most important part of the
\nsemester as well. <\/p>\n

Next
\npreview post tomorrow,<\/span><\/p>\n

Ben<\/span><\/p>\n

PS. What\u2019s
\non your radar?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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