tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post5761778907812325595..comments2023-10-31T07:32:11.739-04:00Comments on Wormtalk and Slugspeak: Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566889846240013567noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-57887153433031487712008-05-08T14:50:00.000-04:002008-05-08T14:50:00.000-04:00I was just reading through this blog and I hope it...I was just reading through this blog and I hope it’s not too late to post (if you ever see this). I’m really impressed with what you say about the teaching and the commitment to students at Wheaton. I studied English at Cambridge UK. I’m not saying that to boast – in some ways it was great, the facilities were first-class (more money in the system I guess) and I’m sure some brilliant research was being written, but a fair few of the academics seemed to have forgotten about teaching, or saw it as a penance. They didn’t want to communicate ideas to lowly undergrads, and my first experience of Medieval literature was with an academic who used to open his door and stand by it, saying ‘goodbye’, after a precise fifteen minutes of the twenty minute supervision. We didn’t study anything pre. 1200, so Old and Early Middle are all new to me. I stumbled across your site when I was reading up on The Dream of the Rood as background to the later Medieval lyrics, and was hooked. I’m now reading and translating my way (slowly!) through OE literature and it’s built up my enthusiasm and confidence do a Masters in Old and Middle English. So – I just wanted to say thanks very much, and I hope your students know how very lucky they are.lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14106050599090029407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-11181762535533023702007-11-26T21:41:00.000-05:002007-11-26T21:41:00.000-05:00My daughter has applied to Wheaton, I don't know i...My daughter has applied to Wheaton, I don't know if she will get in or decide it is the best choice for her. I'd like to compliment you on your teaching. I've listened to your course on rhetoric. I'd be pleased to have you teach my daughter if it all works out.<BR/><BR/>Bill - CMU '75 - Physics.wdhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02825589898092935264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-61345712221007466352007-03-24T15:40:00.000-04:002007-03-24T15:40:00.000-04:00I wish my Sixth Form had a Connections Cirriculum,...I wish my Sixth Form had a Connections Cirriculum, instead of letting me half kill myself by trying to do far too many A-levels.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04371133189015379752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-78959818285270876172007-03-16T21:01:00.000-04:002007-03-16T21:01:00.000-04:00."I wouldn't spend that much of my parents' money ...."I wouldn't spend that much of my parents' money if I just wanted to doze through a big lecture a few days a week..."<BR/><BR/>People like that shouldn't spend anyone's money on university until and unless they really have a reason to go.Steve Muhlbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136005762428407135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-42685201876157500122007-03-13T18:29:00.000-04:002007-03-13T18:29:00.000-04:00My law-professor father, Thomas A. Cowan, was fond...My law-professor father, Thomas A. Cowan, was fond of pointing out that all law schools deliver essentially the same quality of education; the "name" schools graduate better students because they recruit better students in the first place.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.com