by Andi | May 27, 2013 | Teaching Triumphs and Travails, Written and Wrought
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” Kurt Vonnegut In my MFA program, I kept bucking against one problem in every class on the teaching of writing that I took – no one was telling me how to write a syllabus. ... by Andi | May 27, 2013 | Teaching Triumphs and Travails, Written and Wrought
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” Kurt Vonnegut In my MFA program, I kept bucking against one problem in every class on the teaching of writing that I took – no one was telling me how to write a syllabus. ... by Andi | Mar 13, 2013 | Teaching Triumphs and Travails, Written and Wrought
I stood in front of the class while the Samoan football player with a full-ride to the University of Washington, the young woman whose family had fled Tehran, and the chair of the English department looked back at me. “Today, we will be talking about comma... by Andi | Feb 16, 2013 | Teaching Triumphs and Travails, Written and Wrought
I have wanted to be an English teacher for a long time. Since junior high, my dad swears. It’s just always been what I wanted to do. And now, I get to it all the time and without having to dilute my efforts with massive class sizes and too much committee... by Andi | Feb 8, 2013 | Teaching Triumphs and Travails, Written and Wrought
Yesterday, a reader here, in his comment about the need to write hot and not revise the life out of a piece, gave a sidelong approval to using alcohol and drugs to write more freely. He also suggested that perhaps there was good in so many writers battling mental...