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EDUCATION and REALITY?: The Holy Grail
I like the new GEICO commercial, where the little kid gets hung up in the basketball hoop. It’s an irony that will go over the heads of many who will chuckle perhaps, completely missing the heavier story that underlies it. … Continue reading
EDUCATION: English at the College Level
One of the best articles I’ve read on the situation of college students not being proficient in English grammar. Kim Brooks, a professor and writer tells of her frustrations and her efforts into researching the problem. Death to High School … Continue reading
EDUCATION & WRITING: The Need for Guidance in Writing Flash
So now the trend is short story, flash fiction anywhere from 140 characters to abide by twitter-fic, to as much as 1500 words or so, depending on whose definition of flash versus short story we’re using. Love it. However…somebody back … Continue reading
EDUCATION & NEW MEDIA: Some Very Good Answers for The Libraries
In (of all places) PC World, a suggestion to bring libraries some income instead of relying on pubic funding alone and the subsequent pain of budget cuts: “Library staff would be hired based on their creative talents as well as … Continue reading
EDUCATION: Literature and Writing for the Youngsters
Stumbled across this site called “Interactives, Elements of a Story” that may be a very useful tool for teachers to reach students via the internet in helping them learn about, for one thing, the elements of a story as in … Continue reading
EDUCATION: What Teachers Teach, and What They May Learn
UPDATED: Charles has posted his thoughts on students: “The ones that get away are the ones that haunt you.” Sometimes you get a sneak peek inside the soul of a professional and that flash reveals the reason why they do … Continue reading
EDUCATION & LITERATURE: Using One Within the Other
One of the best articles I’ve read recently on learning and literature, from The Chronicle, “Against Readings”: Everyone who teaches literature has probably had at least one such golden moment. I mean the moment where, reading casually or reading intently, … Continue reading
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EDUCATION: Updating Old Curriculum
For all the English Professors out there, McSweeneys “Internet Age Writing Syllabus and Course Interview” is just too funny: Week 1: Reading is stoopid This fundamental truth may seem obvious to today’s youth, but this wasn’t always the case. Students … Continue reading
EDUCATION & REALITY?: In a New Age
Lisa’s comment on Facebook this morning catches me cold: Instantaneous access to information appears to be eroding our ability to thoughtfully reflect. And it makes me stop and think. And try to form an opinion by experience. When I read, … Continue reading
EDUCATION: Dumb and Dumber
Volleyball team going to court after filing a lawsuit against the college for cutting the sport? Equal Opportunity? Only reason they came to Quinnipiac College? For crying out loud, don’t these kids know that there’s an economic crisis going on? … Continue reading
EDUCATION: Dumbing Down to Make ’em Smarter?
I really, really need to stop reading the news. This, from the White House Blog on making college more attainable: The fact that well over one million students who could qualify for aid went without it during the 2003-2004 school … Continue reading
EDUCATION & REALITY?: More on the Dumbing Down of America
Ronni Bennett has an excellent post up at Time Goes By referencing Ralph Keyes, writing in Editor & Publisher, wherein he advises writers against retrotalk, that is, phrases and idioms that many young people or immigrants may not be familiar … Continue reading
EDUCATION: A Response on Plagiarism
Just received a comment from someone whom I’d quoted via an article in one of my posts on the education system and today’s students and want to highlight it here as it has somewhat restored my faith in mankind, even … Continue reading
HYPERTEXT & WRITING: Relative?
Very disappointed to see that not only is hypertext or any other form of new media not represented at the Tunxis Writers Festival this year, but that the public is not being offered the ability to attend this community college … Continue reading
WRITING: Writers Conference
Got the flyer in the mail the other day on the Wesleyan Writers Conference which is scheduled for June 14th-19th this summer. It appears that there are a couple of new speakers and instructors and I’m sure it will be … Continue reading
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology