Monthly Archives: July 2006

On Yancey’s “Made Not Only in Words” (2004)

Posted on July 18, 2006 by Michael

Lisa suggested I read Yancey, Kathleen Blake. “Made Not Only in Words: Composition in a New Key.” CCC 56.2 (Dec. 2004): 297-328. And I’m most struck by the good qestions Yancey asks: How is it that what we teach and … Continue reading →

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who teaches?

Posted on July 15, 2006 by Michael

When I was student teaching, my cooperating teach gave me a book, The Courage to Teach, by Palker J. Palmer. She inscribed, beautifully: Mike- This is a book that always reminds me of what is important in this job. I … Continue reading →

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Vitanza on Reading

Posted on July 13, 2006 by Michael

I am struggling through Victor Vitanza’s Negation, Subjectivity, and the History of Rhetoric, and while I am very confused and taking it very slowly, I am loving it. Here is what he writes about reading: As readers — for to … Continue reading →

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Passages from Althusser

Posted on July 12, 2006 by Michael

Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (Notes towards an Investigation.” Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays. Trans. Ben Brewster. New York: Monthly Review P, 1971. 127-186. What do children learn at school? What do children learn at school? They … Continue reading →

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Must We Have a Cultural Revolution?

Posted on July 9, 2006 by Michael

Kampf, Louis. “Must We Have a Cultural Revolution?“ CCC 21 (1970): 245-249. This article was cited by Sirc when I read Composition as a Happening, and I only knew that it was from the 1970s and that Kampf called Composition … Continue reading →

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