Ode on a Grecian URL

The first hebdomadal topic is available below.

It's fun to get to read and talk about books, it's always good to learn from others' worldviews, but for me the thing that makes teaching eternally worthwhile is getting to know, and to work with, you guys. I'm not being (merely) a sappy schmuck when I tell you that I really, really enjoyed meeting you Friday morning and that I'm excited about our opportunity to work together this semester.

It'll take me a couple weeks to memorize your names, so please be patient with me. I'll be using those index cards with your names like flash cards to memorize with whom, exactly, I can gossip about the OC.

If you would like to help me along in this getting-to-know-you process, I'd love for you to stop by my office hours on Wednesday morning (9 to 11 am at the Steep & Brew).

If that's not an especially convenient time slot for you, consider sending me an email to say hello. I'd love to hear more about you than you had a chance to write on the index card -

• What kind of music do you listen to? (I'm in the middle of a desperate campaign to develop taste in music - if you can help me out, I'd be much obliged.)


• What do you most love/hate about reading? Writing? What are you most looking forward to doing in class this semester? What are you most dreading?


• What are your learning goals for English 167 this semester? How to write more clearly? more livelily? How to become a sensitive reader of subtle and complex texts? How to judge a good book from a bad one? How to enjoy literature?

I'm really looking forward to getting to know more about you!