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Mary didn’t teach civics or current events. She taught writing. Advanced Placement English, to be precise.
Ta-Nehisi Coates • The Message
Ideally, the student should have the same teacher for two years. The teacher should think of assisting the student to become a writer, rather than think of teaching the student how to write. The teacher should watch for clues as to what the student is attempting to become, then help the student to become that. It is cruel and destructive to make th
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The Point | A magazine of the examined life
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The Cambridge Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Poetry (Cambridge Introductions to Literature)
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“Professors,” Mr. Flogg murmured in a tone recognizable to anyone who has had an essay returned to them covered in red ink.
India Holton • The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love (Love's Academic Book 1)
am trying to give my course strong undertones of sociological realism, making my students think hard about not only what stories and authors are, but what audiences are, too.
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The cashier at the Union Square Barnes and Nobles told me that the essays books were on the 4th floor, but I didn't imagine how sparse the selection would be. I found 2 cases, 10 shelves total, something like 60 linear feat of essay book spines. I wondered if the 4th floor was a microcosm, and so I acted on my urge to count shelves to know precisel
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