Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Thoughtful people
My beloved bride-to-be, Susanne, and her classmate, Bryan, also have a blog on the history of writing instruction from 1900-present. Now, before you wonder why they would blog about such a topic for the sheer joy of it, let me tell you they're doing it for class.
But if you think it's not interesting reading, you'd be wrong. Susanne and I have had some really good conversations about how it is writing is taught. Writing is a tricky monster to wrestle, and Susanne's picked its most slippery incarnation as her interest--the teaching of creative writing, especially poetry.
Her stuff on blogging in the classroom is also superb, I think. And, just so I'm not tooting a horn quite close to me, spend time reading Bryan's posts, as well. He's a shrewd thinker and nothing if not a good discussion partner.
But if you think it's not interesting reading, you'd be wrong. Susanne and I have had some really good conversations about how it is writing is taught. Writing is a tricky monster to wrestle, and Susanne's picked its most slippery incarnation as her interest--the teaching of creative writing, especially poetry.
Her stuff on blogging in the classroom is also superb, I think. And, just so I'm not tooting a horn quite close to me, spend time reading Bryan's posts, as well. He's a shrewd thinker and nothing if not a good discussion partner.
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