Why I Am a Teacher
The campus center at the University of Tennessee. In talking with a friend the other day, I realized I've never described the courses I...
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The Blog.
I post bi-weekly about writing, editing, teaching, and travel.
Mar 23, 20231 min read
Hope, Fear, and Grading
Here it is, the end of Wednesday, and I've not had time for my usual post. I blame the above stack of papers. Everyone says the worst...
Feb 19, 20234 min read
On the Importance of Reading and Writing
In Composition 101 at the University of Tennessee, students learn the basic elements of rhetoric and about how it applies to writing they...
Jan 29, 20233 min read
Why Are We Here?
On the first day of school, after the usual introductions and syllabus review, I ask my students to pull out a sheet of paper and answer...
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