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To See Again

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Peter Selgin

“I can’t fix a blank page,” bestselling author Nora Roberts has famously said, providing me with the best if not the only excuse I can imagine for those often frightening documents called “first drafts.” In Bird By Bird, her inspirational … Continue reading →

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My Opinion

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Peter Selgin

In one of my classes yesterday we were discussing the “cheating” essays. I tried to generalize about their weakness (a mistake, probably, since whenever we generalize we almost always do so in error). Still, with no time to deal with … Continue reading →

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Asking Questions

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Peter Selgin

It comes up (usually because I bring it up) at every new Montclair class, the question of questions, namely: why don’t my students ask more questions? Today, though, I was grateful to get some honest answers. We don’t want to … Continue reading →

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On Cheating

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Peter Selgin

So—I’ve given my ENWR100 students their first assignment: an essay on Cheating. Yes, cheating: those little (and sometimes not so little) things we all do from time to time to give ourselves an unearned advantage over others. In class we … Continue reading →

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