A comment on the teaching of writ(h)ing

[Ted Samsel]

  During the past few days, there was a thread on the teaching of 
writing in college. I showed some of this to a fellow who often
dips his snout in IPA or Guinness (as the clime warrants) with me.
He teaches 19th c Brit Lit and writing at a local "U" and has this
say about that.

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> So which one of those posts was written by Thomas Pynchon under his
> new pseudonym?  I opt for the anti-mistakes guy, comically outdated,
> Most students now think they're wonderful writers--I had one student
> who came to see me about her "C" who said she didn't much care for
> poetry or understand it but she thought the poems they had her write
> in High School were better than Wordsworth's--so much easier to
> understand.  I desperately sought for any sign of irony.

Me, I'm good at mad doggerel.

Ted Samsel....tejas at infi.net 
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