2 days ago1 minHope, Fear, and GradingHere it is, the end of Wednesday, and I've not had time for my usual post. I blame the above stack of papers. Everyone says the worst...
Feb 194 minOn the Importance of Reading and WritingIn Composition 101 at the University of Tennessee, students learn the basic elements of rhetoric and about how it applies to writing they...
Jan 293 minWhy Are We Here?On the first day of school, after the usual introductions and syllabus review, I ask my students to pull out a sheet of paper and answer...