Every time a student sits down for us, [s]/he has to invent the university for the occasion – invent the university, that is, or a branch of it, like history or anthropology or economics or English. The student has to learn our language, to speak as we do, to try Full Article
Endings and beginnings
Last week I was on campus and ran into one of the graduate students I’d worked closely with. He had been a TA for the i2E program I coordinated, he had been one of my first students in the graduate research writing course I taught, and we had worked together Full Article
Lady Bird, The Big Sick and Award Shows … Some Thoughts
I just finished watching the film, Ladybird, which is nominated for a pile of Academy Awards including Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress (along with other minor categories like Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay … yadda, yadda, yadda). My 16-year old son recommended it to me. It’s on Full Article