tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post115936412698973220..comments2023-10-19T07:54:32.841-04:00Comments on Quod She: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!Dr. Viragohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-1159539195693346202006-09-29T10:13:00.000-04:002006-09-29T10:13:00.000-04:00Plus, not only did you get great advice, it's arch...Plus, not only did you get great advice, it's archived on the web for anyone else in a similiar situation to see. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps the Chronicle would like to know...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-1159524438767394532006-09-29T06:07:00.000-04:002006-09-29T06:07:00.000-04:00Great!and ... OUCH!In my faculty it is the young o...Great!<BR/><BR/><BR/>and ... OUCH!<BR/><BR/>In my faculty it is the young ones who are 'angry', 'brusque', 'impatient' and 'cock-sure'. <BR/><BR/>The oldest faculty are serene, wise, charming and endlessly patient and encouraging of both students and younger colleagues.<BR/><BR/>You may enjoy the following:<BR/><BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5378876.stmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-1159462920116166662006-09-28T13:02:00.000-04:002006-09-28T13:02:00.000-04:00I posted earlier as "anonymous," and say thanks to...I posted earlier as "anonymous," and say thanks to RB for zeroing in on the new critics. The theories of new criticism are, well,...outdated. But close reading as a method has lasting usefulness.<BR/><BR/>And I'd ask Dr. V's grumpy old colleagues: where, exactly, are your seniors "supposed" to have learned how to write a research paper? (what crap!)<BR/><BR/>Google "writing across the curriculum," as well as "teaching and learning," on these here internets, Dr. V., and you will find further resources on how to better deal with student writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-1159403120396195162006-09-27T20:25:00.000-04:002006-09-27T20:25:00.000-04:00I'm glad you found some of my stuff helpful. In t...I'm glad you found some of my stuff helpful. In the interest of pseudonymity I won't post my real life info here, but if anyone else is interested, do drop me a note at reassignedtime at yahoo dot com and I'll be happy to pass along what I can :)Dr. Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-1159371910935465542006-09-27T11:45:00.000-04:002006-09-27T11:45:00.000-04:00Excellent, RB: I'll have a look.And DV: per grumpy...Excellent, RB: I'll have a look.<BR/><BR/>And DV: per grumpy (or grouchy!) academics, let's all meet back here in 30 years to complain about how our students these days, here, in the Rockies where we all have to live since the rest of America is under water, know nothing!Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-1159366346221512072006-09-27T10:12:00.000-04:002006-09-27T10:12:00.000-04:00You're welcome, Dr. V.Feel free to swipe anything ...You're welcome, Dr. V.<BR/><BR/>Feel free to swipe anything you want from my teaching pages (the same goes for anyone else reading this blog--if I only wanted my students to see my course documents, I would have put them up on Blackboard and password-protected them.)<BR/><BR/>My teaching site is here:<BR/><BR/>https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/rwb/www/teaching/<BR/><BR/>Right now the only working course links are those related to my Brit. Lit. survey, my Chaucer class, and my medieval lit. survey. But I have web pages stored away for most of the other classes and can dig them out upon request.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com