Still really really cool & I'm proud of you for speaking up vs. being pissed about them not thinking of you (the strategy I would most likely take!). I hope the class makes--that will show them that it really matters. Do you have a more relaxed schedule like you did last term to give time to the diss or is it back to the grindstone full force this time? --Kath On 1/12/06, ms lynch <amy.wordnerd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Cross Talk! Thanks, K, why didn't I think of that. Brufee is in there with > "The Conversation of Mankind." Cool. > > I got the course on a fluke. I was invited to an English dpt meeting to > talk about the writing assessment tests (which I object to), bu the talk > first turned to the curriculum. Teaching Writing has been on the books for > years, but has only very occasionally been taught. A senior dpt member > actually said, "It's a pity we don't have anyone really qualified to teach > it." I cleared my throat and said, "Uh, hello? PhD in Composition right > here." Quite accidental, I assure you. They would have cut the class from > the books if not for my happening to be there. > A > > On 1/12/06, Kathleen J. Klompien <kklompien@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > A, > > How cool. How did you score that class--you totally deserve it, but it > > doesn't sound like something miserablecorida would do. I am tres jealous! > > My books like that are back at school, I will look next week it it's not > > too late. Nothing in Cross Talk? > > > > > > > > -- It is a fearful thing to love what death can touch. --unknown