Take Notes with Jose L. Vilson
Ladies and gents,
Let me introduce you to the first time I’ve ever done a real video blog. It might also give some of you educators a taste for how I teach. I’m sure a lot of you will get the pseudo-spoof, but I also did my best to contribute something important to the conversation about Soledad O’Brien’s Latino in America, the CNN special I discussed not too long ago. Here is my first vlog. What do you think?
Yeah, I thought so, too. Thanks.
Jose. Just Jose.
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My name is Jose Luis Vilson, teacher, writer, public speaker, activist, Syracuse University and City College grad, poet, hip-hop enthusiast, and (certainly not least) father. I've been featured at CNN, Huffington Post, Education Week, Scholastic, TEDx, and GOOD Magazine. For more, click here.
Short Notes: 2Pac Will Never RIP, Lady GaGa, and Jamaica ![On Rape [Where An Educator Stands]](http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/timthumb.php?src=http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/prevent-rape.jpg&h=100&w=300)
On Rape [Where An Educator Stands] 
Don’t Talk To Me About Personal Responsibility If … 
Am I Not Human: Guantana-Close 
All I Ever Had: Redemption Songs ![Please, Keep Writing and Teaching [Kick More Ass]](http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/timthumb.php?src=http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-30-at-8.53.43-PM.png&h=100&w=300)
Please, Keep Writing and Teaching [Kick More Ass] ![An Open Letter From The Trenches [To Education Activists, Friends, and Haters]](http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/timthumb.php?src=http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/martin-luther-king-arrested.jpg&h=100&w=300)
An Open Letter From The Trenches [To Education Activists, Friends, and Haters] 
Quvenzhané Wallis, Matthew McConaughey, and How We See Our Children of Color 
Eww. Seriously. That Is So Gross. 
Dear Barack Obama: A Letter from an Urban Math Teacher to His President 
Howl If You Hear Me All I Ever Had: Redemption Songs 
The Union Said I Couldn’t Wear My Favorite Color (and Other Absurd Assertions in Education Nation) 
On The Reason Why You May Only Get One Black Male Teacher Ever In Your Life (If At All) 
Tell Your Fucking Mexican Friends To Get The Fuck Out of Shenandoah ![On Ridiculous Assertions By [Some] White Liberals](http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/timthumb.php?src=http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/blacksuperman.jpg&h=100&w=300)
On Ridiculous Assertions By [Some] White Liberals 
L’Chayim: I Wish For You 100 Years of Success, But It’s My Time 
Common Core Standards Alignment to New York State Standards, Vilson Edition 
Why I Almost Quit Twitter Don’t Talk To Me About Personal Responsibility If … 
Love Is A Better Teacher Than Duty 
How To Get Smart People To Follow You in 3 Easy Steps 
Classroom Management Tip: Call The House, Not The Dean ![Macho Man Randy Savage, on Education Reform [And The Beat Goes On]](http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/timthumb.php?src=http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Macho-Man-Randy-Savage_2069677.jpg&h=100&w=300)
Macho Man Randy Savage, on Education Reform [And The Beat Goes On] 
I Am Special Ed 
Differentiation: The Dirtiest Word In Education Today Lady Gaga As A Model for Education [Future of Teaching] 
Measuring My Teacher Effectiveness In Buckets 
My Students Get Inequalities 
Teaching Another 180 
Some know me as Jose. Others as Mr. V. Educator, writer, activist, and father. Here I'll be posting thoughts in all those voices. 
Jose Vilson said: AIDS Walk 2013. Let's go. @ AIDS Walk NYC http://t.co/z5VAx8LQtsThis happened a couple of hours agoJose Vilson said: Morning, all. Touched down at around 10pm last night. AIDS Walk this morning. No rest for the motivated.This happened a couple of hours agoJose Vilson said: Just touched down in NYC. Feels so good to be back.This happened about 13 hours agoJose Vilson said: @TheXDExperience it's not fair? @_Bran_donThis happened yesterdayJose Vilson said: RT @M_chirinos: @TheJLV they are probably the same people who think "teaching" kids is just telling them something.This happened yesterdayThe Jose Vilson, A Thesis Production.
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You say “Latino” like a gringo, with that strong guttural “t” sound.
Cuidado Mr. Vilson… your Anglo is showing…
(in other news, nice vlog, good points, but I STILL feel underrepresented by Soledad and CNN’s little show…)
wonderful, wonderful… mad you gave me homework, though.
oh wait… i’m not latina. HA!
i watched LIA and i think it was a very good presentation. it was an opening of the door to “mainstream america” to aspects of a corner of the population many know very little about. i can’t wait to see part two. there *is* a part two in production, right?