Message in a Bottle
I was worried about my EWIS course after a few students dropped, but this e-note is encouraging:
I am so glad that I . . . [am taking Professor Hodges'] class. When I talk to him, I get to know what I want to write about. He has insights that take me beyond what I previously had in mind. I have always struggled with coming up with thesis statement because I thought I have to read all related articles before knowing what I want to write about. But in fact, I figured out today that I already know what I was interested in. Also, comments he makes in class are changing my perception that writing is difficult. Simple sayings - like, "There is always something to write about" [or] "Don't despair if you find an article dealing with issues you wanted to discuss" - give me confidence that I can do this! . . . I am glad that I took EWIS and look forward to end product of this course!I now just have to reach some other students . . .
Labels: Students
posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 3:52 AM
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Well... you've reached at least one student. Some teachers claim that that's enough. (Not me. I'm greedy and want to reach them all.)
From discussing this issue with my wife, I've concluded that most Korean students prefer the 'brute force' approach - pile on the exercises from the beginning and keep them busy the whole time.
Jeffery Hodges
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Keeping busy is not the gateway to English composition. No more than Toledo is the gateway to Omaha, though it's been called worse.
Er, what exactly is this "end product" the student is talking about?
A research paper.
Jeffery Hodges
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