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THINGS HAVE CHANGED:

Since I am no longer a professor in the classroom, this blog is changing focus. (I may at some future date change platforms, too, but not yet). I am now (as of May 2019) playing around with the idea of using this blog as a place to talk about the struggles of writing creatively. Those of you who have been following (or dipping in periodically) know that I've already been doing a little of that, but now the change is official. I don't write every day--yet--so I won't post to the blog every day--yet. But please do check in from time to time, if you're interested in this new phase in my life.


Hi! And you are...?

I am interested to see the fluctuation in my readers--but I don't know who is reading the blog, how you found it, and why you find it interesting. I'd love to hear from you! Please feel free to use the "comment" box at the end of any particular post to let me know what brought you to this page--and what keeps you coming back for more (if you do).





Sunday, April 25, 2010

Apologies needed

I have just learned a few very important lessons about this blog--and need to reassure some of my students, who have been reading it. I re-read my own entry from a few days ago, and I realize that it did sound awful--mean, nasty--and I apologize. I was overly tired, in a rotten mood, and wrote/posted without thinking fully about who might read what I was saying, much of which was overstated at best. I do get frustrated; I want so much for my students, and it hurts when I feel like I'm not able to give what you need. I get depressed about it, and see the situation as much more bleak and miserable than it is. But I do not, will not, and have not given up on anyone. Even those of you who are struggling, whose last papers didn't pass, still have 55% of your grade yet to go, so every single one of you still has a chance to pass. You will have to work incredibly hard, but you are capable of that hard work, and it can pay off. I use this blog to blow off steam, to vent--and I need to do that because I care very deeply about my students' success. And please, if you are still in any of my classes--101, 102, 265--know that I see that you are clearly dedicated, hard-working, and worth every ounce of effort I can put forth on your behalf. Don't quit, don't give up--but come to me for help. I will do everything in my power to help you, I can't help you if you don't make that effort.

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