Cultural Critique

I found Mathieu and Sosnoski’s chapter on comparative cultural studies relevant to my own classroom.  I assure you that this is not simply due to the book’s title which suggests as much.  The best way I can show its relevancy is to describe a typical assignment dealing with criticism in Mr. Reibsome’s class.  After spending  a [...]

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watching you

A collection of writing that brought some strange reminiscent rememberings back for me.  Subversive teaching- I used to go to work this way.  I began my career this way.  After my first observation in 2000, my administrator told me, “You’re heart’s in the right place Ryan.”  It was Spirit Week, the day was career day, [...]

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Mixed reactions

The articles that I read for this week, by Drye and Nellen, left me both inspired and at the same time a tad depressed.  I enjoyed the articles thoroughly but each one left me questioning where English studies is headed in our highschools and colleges.  Let me explain.
Drye’s article, The Future of English Studies Made Personal, [...]

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This Summer, Schwarzenegger is: The Cybrarian

I couldn’t resist utilizing this as my title strictly for comedic relief.  I figure that it is easier to begin with something off-topic so I don’t have to digress later!
In Drye’s “article” I found myself looking at it as an “article”, with the quotation marks.  Perhaps this struck me more as a biography, reflection, and [...]

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