by Arielle Crumley As a teaching assistant in the Writing Intensive Program, I am constantly reading student writing. Though it is time consuming work, one of the joys of this opportunity is watching students explore their own thoughts and ideas and communicate them through their writing. For writers, sharing our writing can makes us feel…
by Erin McDermott, As the semester has gone on I keep thinking about the difference between our students being afraid of getting something wrong and being willing to play. When we talk about the importance of writing to learn and the importance of revision, it reminds me of the importance of learning to play when…
by Irami Osei-Frimpong The barriers to good writing in my discipline seem to be both intellectual and attitudinal. Intellectually, the concepts are often foreign to the students, and even if the concepts are familiar, the concepts are sophisticated in themselves. With the attitudinal obstacles, traversing those barriers requires students to engage a quality of self-inclusion…
by Claire Mills, Philosophy, ’18-19 At the beginning of each semester, no matter what class I’m teaching, I start by asking my students “What is truth?” It seems like one of those obscure philosophical questions that has no right answer or practical value and should be rightfully restricted to theoretical discussions in the classrooms of…