Posted in Books, College, Education, English, Essay, Students, Teaching on Sep 25th, 2007 No Comments »
I used to try to hold regular class meetings on the days formal writing assignments were due, but I’ve learned how foolish it is to expect the average (i.e. procrastinating) student to finish up a paper and read something for a class discussion.
I’ve come up with a few ways to solve this issue:
The quick meeting: […]
Posted in Books, Education on May 31st, 2007 No Comments »
Summer Session Enrollment Watch:
ENGWR 100 (College Writing): 31/28 (Change = +1)
ENGWR 301 (College Composition and Literature): 31/25 (Change = -1)
It seems there’s a bit of a controversy burning in Kansas City: Tom Wayne, the man who’s been running Prospero’s Books for the past ten years is sick and tired of the apathy being shown by […]
Posted in Books, Teaching on May 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Summer Session Enrollment Watch:
ENGWR 100 (College Writing): 30/28 (Change = None)
ENGWR 301 (College Composition and Literature): 32/25 (Change = None)
I decided to give myself a break in class planning, so I put the 301 class aside for a few days and focused on the 100 class.
I’ve taught 100 many times including several summer sessions, so […]
Posted in Books, College, Education, English, Grammar, Punctuation, Students, Teaching, Writing on May 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Summer Session Enrollment Watch:
ENGWR 100 (College Writing): 30/28 (Change = +1)
ENGWR 301 (College Composition and Literature): 32/25 (Change = -1)
It appears my worries regarding whether or not my summer classes were going to fill are over. With more than two weeks remaining before the session begins, both of the courses I’m teaching are full, […]
Posted in Books, Education, Students, Teaching, Writing on May 22nd, 2007 3 Comments »
Summer Session Enrollment Watch:
ENGWR 100 (College Writing): 24/28 (Change = +8)
ENGWR 301 (College Composition and Literature): 31/25 (Change = +12)
Summer session begins three weeks from today, and already I have a waiting list in my literature class. I don’t want to jinx things, but this is very good news.
In other good news, a box of […]
Posted in Books, College, Education, English, Narration, Students, Teaching, Writing on Mar 29th, 2007 No Comments »
One of the major breakthroughs I experienced as a student was a direct result of Henry James.
During my time as a graduate student, I signed up for a Henry James literature course because I thought highly of the professor who was teaching it. I don’t think I’d really read much Henry James—“Daisy Miller” perhaps […]
Posted in Books, College, Education, English, Narration, Teaching, Writing on Mar 28th, 2007 No Comments »
It was well after dark when I got home this evening, but through the small gaps in the pines trees that surround my home, I was able to catch a glimpse of my front porch. I saw the small package on the doorstep: it had arrived early.
With the giddy excitement of a child on […]
Posted in Argument, Books, College, Education, English, Students, Teaching on Mar 14th, 2007 2 Comments »
The latest buzz concerning the mounting difficulties of being a college student revolves around the cost of textbooks. One article about this states that,
According to a survey conducted by the California Student Public Interest Research Group, college students in California and Oregon spent an average of $898 on new and used textbooks during the […]
Posted in Books, Comparison/Contrast, Education, Teaching on Mar 9th, 2007 No Comments »
I overheard a story on the news this morning, and though I’ve tried to find details on KCRA’s Web site to include a link, I can’t. I have to talk about this anyway: a teacher has been stealing textbooks from her school, marking over the school’s name, and selling them on eBay. Now […]
Posted in Books, College, Education, English, Illustration, Narration, Teaching on Mar 7th, 2007 No Comments »
Several weeks ago, I began to wonder where my W2 was: it had not arrived, and I was beginning to get worried.
If you do a bit of simple math, you’ll realize “several weeks ago” would be sometime in early February. You might also wonder why it took me until early February to miss a […]