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Archive for April, 2009

The Essay Resurrects

Think about it. The essay is everywhere! I suppose it never went totally away, but today it is certainly ubiquitous! And as a quintessential English professor, I can barely contain my excitement. (I’ll try, watching this English teacher do cartwheels down the hall would not be a pretty thing). Take this entry right here. This ...

Students Are The Spice of Life

04.01.2009 · Posted in Teaching in Higher Education, Writing

After many years of schlepping my way through one corporate environment after another, I most inadvertently fell into teaching at the college level. The first few years were hell. I remember some of the worst digestive issues I’ve ever had and anxiety attacks that made me certain I would end up splayed all over the ...