tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1427303902639298441.post4307736641826945568..comments2023-11-24T14:01:38.716-05:00Comments on Discriminating Reader: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1427303902639298441.post-122362130437611062013-01-19T12:59:27.355-05:002013-01-19T12:59:27.355-05:00Just one of the things that I admire about you, Cu...Just one of the things that I admire about you, Cuz, is the fact that you read such a variety of kinds of books. One of my goals for 2013 is to follow in your footsteps. I'm already branching out. Thanks for the encouragement, even though you didn't know you gave it to me! Happy New Year!Cerrillos Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819657846881446756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1427303902639298441.post-25062561493696743512013-01-05T03:39:00.946-05:002013-01-05T03:39:00.946-05:00It's such a challenge, sometimes, assuring or ...It's such a challenge, sometimes, assuring or reassuring students (at any age!) of their intelligence. One of the big comments I get from mine every semester is "I'm a terrible writer." They say it at the beginning. They say it as we're working on peer reviews of the first drafts of the first essay. They say it when they get that first "A" on a paper. They say it as they realize they're going to get an "A" in the class! It worries me that so many of them enter collegiate careers in the mindset that they aren't actually good enough to be there. It's one of my goals every semester (or, it was, when I was teaching) to continuously say, "This is your class. These are your words. You have the power, and you have POWER!"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903355774364525437noreply@blogger.com