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International Women’s Day 2019
Posted on March 8, 2019 Leave a Comment
Listen to women. Be aware of who’s creating what you’re consuming. Don’t be afraid to unabashedly like feminine things. There is no one true way to be a woman, or to create and consume women’s content.
2017 Year in Review: Career
Posted on January 23, 2018 Leave a Comment
I put off this edition of my Year in Review for last because it’s the hardest one to write. It means admitting failure, something I hate doing. That hardly makes me special; nobody likes feeling like they’ve fallen short. And yet, here I am. I have a pile of W2s waiting for me to do my taxes. Let’s find […]
Professora Elizabeth, Year 3
Posted on September 22, 2017 1 Comment
You’d think that starting my third year would mean that I’d have this teaching down, right? Pfffft, only if teaching isn’t your day job. While every year brings new challenges, I have only response to that:
Poetry with Professora Elizabeth: Mar Português
Posted on June 13, 2017 1 Comment
While the kids in the preschool class are singing songs for the end of year presentation we’re putting on to show the parents that their children really did learn something this year, I decided to give my students something I didn’t get much of in Portuguese school: poetry.
And since this is me we’re talking about, this week we did Fernando Pessoa’s Mar Portugues. I wrote about why this poem has had such an impact on my life, so go check that out if you haven’t already because I’m diving right in.
Poetry with Professora Elizabeth: A Cozinha da Avo
Posted on June 7, 2017 3 Comments
I haven’t come back to this poem for almost twenty years. Since then, I’ve racked up a couple degrees in words, English and otherwise. It took teaching this poem for me to discover it’s deeper meaning
The Darkest Timeline: Day 7
Posted on November 16, 2016 Leave a Comment
At this time a week ago, I still thought Hillary Clinton was going to be president. I told my students as much, because while everyone else was watching the trainwreck was last week’s election results, I was trying to teach my students Portuguese adjectives have to be pluralized alongside their verb. I say trying, because this is […]
Everything’s Coming Up Barcelos!
Posted on September 21, 2016 Leave a Comment
After a summer of uncertainty, it feels good to have direction in my life again.
A New Chase
Posted on May 2, 2016 1 Comment
Why am I resurrecting a blog I only made because it was assigned to me in my Career Writing class last semester? Well, a lot has happened between then and now. Being graduated a semester early (why yes, I am the using the passive voice; I was the object of that action and most certainly […]
A Charter to COLLEGE
Posted on September 10, 2015 Leave a Comment
In East San Jose, passing the Tropicana Shopping Center on Story Road, bumping over the potholes on Alum Rock Avenue, or following VTA Route 22 on King Road, there’s no mistaking the charter schools if you know where to look. Typical examples include: a collection of bright yellow portables set up outside a preexisting elementary school, a closed post office repurposed and repainted green […]
The Chase Is On
Posted on August 22, 2015 1 Comment
I like the idea of chasing something that (supposedly) doesn’t exist because even if you don’t catch it, the chase is going to take you to some interesting places. That being said, Atlantis does exist. I know, because that’s where I come from. Geologists will tell you that the Azores Islands were born from volcanic activity caused by […]
Barcelos Knows 