In my “The Teaching of Writing” class yesterday, we were prompted to think and write about our English teachers of the past and their demeanor in class and tactics they used to teach us how to read and write. Looking back, I realized that my teachers in junior and senior year and my freshman English [...]
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Literary Artistry
By Lydia SmithThursday, April 2nd, 2009
The train rumbled over the tracks and sunlight flickered in the window as I stared down at the book in my hands. The essay was full of run on sentences and confusing ideas that jumbled together. I checked the book’s title, Best American Essays of the Twentieth Century. I suddenly became unsure [...]
Books to movies: I’m still not sure that I’m a fan of adaptations.
By Jen FromalWednesday, April 1st, 2009
This weekend I was confronted with the option of watching “Blindness,” the movie adaptation of José Saramago’s novel of the same title. Despite the fact that Imdb reviewers gave it a 6.8/10 (which is a pretty good review for that website), I still balked at the idea of seeing the movie because of my love [...]
Child’s Play
By Kathleen Volk MillerSaturday, March 14th, 2009
As we stood in the hallowed halls of academia, a colleague asked me a highbrow, intellectual question: What was your favorite thing to play when you were a kid?
Without hesitation I answered, “Barbies and School.”
No sooner were the words out of my mouth then I realized: I am still playing Barbies and school.
I’m not superficial [...]
Saving the Best for Last
By Rachel SemigranFriday, March 13th, 2009
It’s week ten here at Drexel, the official last week of the term. It’s been an interesting quarter, though in the winter months everything seems a bit lackluster. As the warmer days are approaching, I’ve found some burst of energy in my academic life. Not only was I finally able to figure out [...]
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