It’s been a while since there was an English Class. Sorry about that. I’ve been distracted, and I’ve also been thinking of which class should come next. I have three ideas that I want to get out, so please hold me to them. I want to talk about Shakespeare, satire, and rhetoric. Hold me to those three subjects, or at least to the two that I’m ( Read more... )

So, here's the first of what I hope will be an ongoing series of rants about literature. The reason I didn't become an English teacher is primarily that I don't agree with the philosophy of how literature is taught in high schools. Much of what I learned about literature I discovered on my own, or from my mother, outside of class. And that's ( Read more... )

In another life, I could have become an English teacher. Why not? I love to read, and I love to talk to people about what I read. I love stories, and I love seeing the effect that the love of stories has on human nature and the way that we look at the world.

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