Now that I'm getting older (by the day, by the hour, by the minute) and noticing it, I have to marvel at the changes that have taken place since I was young. When I went through school and college, computers weren't commonplace so I did all my papers (and typed papers for others) on a manual typewriter. I knew it was hard, time consuming and that one mistake of more than one letter (sometimes of just one letter) could make it so I had to redo the entire page. I never imagined that it was going to get easier one day. But it did.
During my lifetime - and probably most of yours - lots of things have changed. When I heard we would "someday" have our own phone numbers, I didn't realize that meant that we would carry our phones around in our pockets. Who knew?
And that brings me to the point of my writing this tonight. My daughter is about to start teaching Freshman Comp at the University of Oklahoma. Lots of great stuff going on there some of which may be new and some of which may not. Everyone is expected to know the basic skills of grammar, blah blah.......... nothing new there. The first thing her class will do is take two essays and synthesize them ........ blending......braiding them so that they talk to each other and one paper that includes that braid of two essays emerges. I love it! Did I have to do this in Freshman comp? I don't remember, but I am thinking I didn't. I've been "helping" with the plans somewhat so I hope to (if I can sneakily make it happen) take a course of Freshman Comp this year. I am very excited about it. And I'm hoping that my daughter won't mind if she discovers I am taking her course.
I love change. Did I tell you that?
Jen
During my lifetime - and probably most of yours - lots of things have changed. When I heard we would "someday" have our own phone numbers, I didn't realize that meant that we would carry our phones around in our pockets. Who knew?
And that brings me to the point of my writing this tonight. My daughter is about to start teaching Freshman Comp at the University of Oklahoma. Lots of great stuff going on there some of which may be new and some of which may not. Everyone is expected to know the basic skills of grammar, blah blah.......... nothing new there. The first thing her class will do is take two essays and synthesize them ........ blending......braiding them so that they talk to each other and one paper that includes that braid of two essays emerges. I love it! Did I have to do this in Freshman comp? I don't remember, but I am thinking I didn't. I've been "helping" with the plans somewhat so I hope to (if I can sneakily make it happen) take a course of Freshman Comp this year. I am very excited about it. And I'm hoping that my daughter won't mind if she discovers I am taking her course.
I love change. Did I tell you that?
Jen
