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Entries from September 2006

Why fear Shakespeare?

September 20th, 2006 · Comments Off

The more I read Rex Gibson’s work about teaching Shakespeare, the more I reconsider the fear that my peers and I relate about teaching the Bard.  It seems that what Gibson relates is an interesting, vivid, and engaging way of approaching Shakespeare, one that is fundamentally different than the experiences I had with Bill S. […]

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Getting into literary theory

September 6th, 2006 · Comments Off

Before college, my idea of literary theory was about as fully realized as my idea of quantum theory. That is, I don’t think I ever did anything remotely close to literary theory analysis in my high school courses. This is troubling to me because I attribute a great deal of my motivation to […]

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Allow me to introduce myself…

September 6th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Hello. You have stumbled upon my very first educational blog. I am hoping that I can mold this blog into a place where, as a Master’s student of English Education, I can peg down certain ideas, methodologies, experiences, and theories into something that speaks to a greater purpose: my growth and development as […]

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