Monthly Archives: June 2011

Before entering my first classroom as a composition teacher, I thought to myself, “How hard can it be? I’ll just do what all my other teachers did before me!” Little did I know what challenges lay ahead: the endless paper … Continue reading →

When did you begin teaching college writing? How many years have you taught college writing? If you have taught secondary education, how is teaching writing in the post-secondary educational context different from teaching writing in the secondary educational context?

As a new instructor, I remember that one of the more difficult challenges of teaching was grading. While I was teaching, I developed my own unique way of grading. At the time, it worked for me; however, now, knowing what … Continue reading →

As a graduate student of English Literature, I never had the opportunity to observe another instructor teaching English courses, except to simply observe my own instructors teaching me. Reflecting back, as I began my teaching career, I remember thinking, “What … Continue reading →