I read the news today, oh boy.
Some hope for those of my readers (both of you) who, no doubt, grow tired of my anxities (hey, they’re no picnic for me either). I’ve noticed, while skimming fellow GTA’s blogs, that most 1020 syllabi have a specific theme to the course, beyond the basic course description of "Intro to College Writing." I think I may have an idea for one myself, morbid though it may be. The media have been sort of saturated with thoughts about 9/11, what with the iminent fifth anniversary of the attacks, and I think it may be of value to to use the attacks as a basis for a 1020 curricula. There’s been so much discourse in our culture about the attacks: through the original news reports, countless op/ed pieces, films, poetry, visual arts, pop and orchestral music. . .I think there’s a motherlode of possible material for such a course. Any feedback from anyone?
I think you and the other folks who graduated from WSU are the ones most likely to be able to tell if this is a good topic for the course or not. How do students from WSU react to political/social stuff? Are they tired of hearing about 9/11?
Are they likely to get angry if you make them learn more about it?
And what’s your position on it? How does your position effect how you teach? How do you plan to deal with student dissention?
Comment by Jill — 08 September, 2006 @ 5:55 pm