A potpourri of the lessons I’ve learned this term: 1)Thinking of the student workload and letting them hand in all their major assignments on the last day is INSANE, especially when one is teaching three writing courses. It is also not appreciated by the students, the majority of who complained Full Article
Why I Teach Writing
I promised that I would write an entry that was not a rant (all agreed they were getting a bit grating). So I thought I would write about why I teach (and research) the art of learning to write. People are all too often skeptical when I tell them I Full Article
Student Centred Fallacies
As the term draws to a close, I find myself in a nettle of frustration. Yet again I expect to be overlooked and undervalued, passed over for someone less experienced in my field. I was warned eight years ago, by my Master’s advisor, that those in the Academy would have Full Article