It is cold and rainy and I am supposed to run but I have zero interest in going out there right now. So I am grading papers… Read more “Wednesday bullets – In a funk”
Category: higher learning
Difficult things to process
Last night, someone walked into the main library on campus and opened fire. At the time, they reported about 400 people in that library. It didn’t use… Read more “Difficult things to process”
/Whine
There are so many things I want. And my good old Catholic guilt makes me feel like an ass for admitting it. Some of the things I… Read more “/Whine”
Second verse, same as the first
Tuesday of week one is like Monday all over again – for the students who have Tuesday/Thursday classes. I love it. I mean that honestly; I love… Read more “Second verse, same as the first”
Glimpses of magnificence
When I introduced my students to their third paper, In this essay, we’ll do some more personal writing but use the medium of music. You will choose… Read more “Glimpses of magnificence”
Being subversive: writing different types of “literature”
This morning on Tell Me More, Michelle Martin spoke of an author who died yesterday, E. Lynn Harris, probably best known for his novel, Basketball Jones. He… Read more “Being subversive: writing different types of “literature””
Crotty VonCrotterton
In Freshmen Comp, we have a paper: the Crot essay. I will show you the gist of this assignment: The purpose: what will this paper actually do… Read more “Crotty VonCrotterton”
Summer school
You know that Alice Cooper song – School’s Out? That’s how I am getting to feel here, since the semester is *almost* done. With that said, I… Read more “Summer school”
This must be what I am missing
So, lately, I have actually been writing. Some fiction and non, I have written about 4-5 pages worth of decent stuff; stuff I’m not looking back over… Read more “This must be what I am missing”
Catch up
I apologize for the lack of post yesterday; my job work and my personal work all seemed to coalesce into one big mess of a very quick… Read more “Catch up”
