"Delay is natural to a writer. He is like a surfer—he bides his time. Waits for the perfect wave on which to ride in. He waits for the surge (of emotion? of strength? of courage?) that will carry him along." (E.B. White, The Paris Review Interviews, 1969)
12.07.2006
Conversation in one of my Grad Classes
student: I think a lot of things depend upon the suspension of disbelief. me: Wow! I just blogged about that yesterday. student: I don't read your blog. Sorry. me: Oh.
I don't talk up my blog much (unless it happens to be a semester that my students are required to blog--this semester they created podcasts, so no dice there).
This student is a neo-Platonist, so I think authenticity is a big deal.
I actually thought it was funny that my students might think that referring to a blog means that I want them to go right out and read it (or that I wish they had already read it). I think it has something to do with the fact that they all live on Facebook.
Overall, my students are VERY funny this semester. I can't remember a semester I have laughed so hard. I wish I could just use decibel measurements instead of evaluation scores.
Well, now I have to take it back because I read your blog, at least this one. And for the record, I'm all for gauging our scores in terms of decibels instead of traditional grading methods. I'd like a measurement somewhere between 90-100 dB. Just one correction, I don't really think of myself as a neo-platonist, I'd prefer to think of myself as a neo-scholastic though I do think that there is a disconnect of higher cognition and base function, which isn't very scholastic, but that is really one of the few points I differ on.
4 comments:
Sorry? How odd...
I don't talk up my blog much (unless it happens to be a semester that my students are required to blog--this semester they created podcasts, so no dice there).
This student is a neo-Platonist, so I think authenticity is a big deal.
I actually thought it was funny that my students might think that referring to a blog means that I want them to go right out and read it (or that I wish they had already read it). I think it has something to do with the fact that they all live on Facebook.
Overall, my students are VERY funny this semester. I can't remember a semester I have laughed so hard. I wish I could just use decibel measurements instead of evaluation scores.
Well, now I have to take it back because I read your blog, at least this one. And for the record, I'm all for gauging our scores in terms of decibels instead of traditional grading methods. I'd like a measurement somewhere between 90-100 dB. Just one correction, I don't really think of myself as a neo-platonist, I'd prefer to think of myself as a neo-scholastic though I do think that there is a disconnect of higher cognition and base function, which isn't very scholastic, but that is really one of the few points I differ on.
Just as I planned! No, thanks for stopping by. What is your understanding of the neo-scholastics?
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