Just got an e-mail from the young woman I talked to on Thursday; she decided to withdraw. Damn and blast and hell. I really hoped I'd keep her--not just because I think she'd have been able to do well but also because losing her lowers the collective IQ in the room, which changes the class chemistry, and not for the better. Damn. I'm more disappointed than I expected to be. But heaven knows I don't want her to live in quivering stress, and I do understand that my classes can be a source of screaming stress for students who want to do well and have to work harder than they are used to in order to get there. If she can't take it, she can't, and I don't want her to suffer.
But still. Dammit. I'm bummed.
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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.
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- Tonia
- If there's anything you think would be pertinent for me to post here, let me know. Essential facts: B.A., University of Colorado-Boulder, 1979, major: theater. M.Phil., Ph.D., Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, 1999, English Literature. Dissertation: "A Heart That Watches and Receives": Ursula Le Guin and the American Nature Writing Tradition.
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