Monthly Archives: October 2007

broken goals

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Michael

At the beginning of this school year, I set certain goals/rules for myself because I wasn’t the healthiest graduate student ever over the last two years. Looks like I broke a number of them yesterday. First rule: Go to bed … Continue reading →

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it’s 2:00 am, do you know where your teacher is

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Michael

I just finished creating a trailfire presentation for my business writing students tomorrow (summary available here) — or, rather, today, as it’s 2:00 am. Why am I up so late? Due to having a lot of grading left to do … Continue reading →

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take 20

Posted on October 21, 2007 by Michael

Today I took a break from reading my students’ job search memos and good news letters to finally watch Take 20, which I thought was a great film. One of the questions they asked the composition scholars in the film … Continue reading →

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notes from the interblags: the ridiculous amount of links edition

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Michael

It’s that time again: I have to clear out my bloglines account some. Some interesting reads I want to remember and link others to: • Related to my Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Talk on the way people talk about Ann Coulter, … Continue reading →

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yet another video from michael wesch

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Michael

John notes that while everyone is paying attention to Michael Wesch’s video A Vision of Students Today, not many are linking to or showing Internet Revolution, which (and I agree with him) John says is much more of a follow … Continue reading →

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