Monthly Archives: April 2010

Years ago, I taught high-school English and Latin. Sometimes it was fun: students were lively and silly and often sweet, and I enjoyed teaching literature and, yes, even grammar. But there was a lot I didn’t like. I didn’t enjoy … Continue reading →

Recently a Cleveland State student said to me, quite empathetically, “I was wondering how you guys wrote papers.” By “you guys,” she meant “old people.” She meant “back in the day.” She went on: “I guess you had to actually, physically travel to the library, … Continue reading →