Welcome to English 1102!
If you've looked, in vain, for my syllabus on VISTA, you know already that you will not find it. Instead, I've used blogspot to create a class blog for this semester, geared specifically for the English 1102 this semester. If you miss major points covered in class, you can find them here. If you're absent and want to know what you missed, you can find that here. Lose a copy of the syllabus? Find it here. Can't remember exactly the specifics of a given assignment, find it here. Want to know what we're covering in class today? I'll bet you can figure that one out, too.
In other words, this blog is designed to enhance English 1102. It is not, however, an online or hybrid course. In fact, one of the components, worth 10% of your grade, is class participation. Our reading selections are designed to spark thought, a bit of controversy and class discussion. This is not a class with a "sage on the stage," but one in which I encourage students to interact with the authors words and each, to share different viewpoints, with thoughtful reasoning, and agree to disagree--with the text, each other and perhaps, even me.
Lesson one: Reading is NOT a passive activity. Your mind must be engage and involved or you do nothing but read, as Hamlet said, "Words. Words. Words." This is interpretive literature, not escape literature. It can still be enjoyable, even more so, but interaction is mandatory, not optional.
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