Steve LlanoRecovering Education From the Dismal Demands of SchoolEducation has been boiled down to school. All of the elements of education now have to be reduced to fit into very small test tubes and…May 13May 13
Steve LlanoThis Year, 2023–2024: The Year I Finally Started to Hate TeachingEveryone hates school, particularly those who claim to love school and love being in school. This love is based on a fundamental and…May 41May 41
Steve LlanoHow to Watch National Political Debates, such as the U.S. Presidential DebatesHere’s a video I made as a first attempt at teaching the rubric I’ve designed for evaluating and making Presidential (or national party…Oct 5, 2020Oct 5, 2020
Steve LlanoIs It Time To Abandon The Presidential Debates?After last night’s performance, many of us are wondering about the state of our politics and our leaders. We are worried about the state…Sep 30, 2020Sep 30, 2020
Steve LlanoTwo Rhetorical Definitions of Protest — New York City SophistI know that I make a lot of promises on this blog for multi-part series of things, and I’ve left two of them incomplete, but today I have…Jun 7, 2020Jun 7, 2020
Steve LlanoIs there Ever a Bad Time for Persuasion or Argumentation?If there is, it doesn’t look like our present moment.Jun 1, 2020Jun 1, 2020
Steve LlanoWhat Will Broadway Theater Look Like after the Quarantine?Broadway might be able to preserve what matters most.May 31, 2020May 31, 2020
Steve LlanoThe Productive Bias Fallacy in Higher EducationUniversity students are dying the death of a thousand rubrics.Mar 11, 2018Mar 11, 2018
Steve LlanoA Vice Provost of ListeningUniversities are adding Vice Provosts, Vice Presidents, and other administrators at an alarming rate. Alarming on its own but even more so…Dec 3, 2017Dec 3, 2017
Steve LlanoMetaphors We Teach ByJust read Miya Tokumitsu’s piece in Jacobin about how we shouldn’t give up on the lecture. This is true. The lecture has a lot going for…Dec 3, 2017Dec 3, 2017