A sort of self-involved meme, from the_grynne, because I want to:

What would you say are the trademarks of my writing? What themes or quirks or turns of phrase have you noticed? What is it that makes a story by me -- well, a story by me?I don't suppose I can tell my TA that I don't have the exams ready for her because I spent yesterday wanting to thwap ( Read more... )

Ironically, ever since I did that rant meme, I've come up with real life subjects for ranting--my colleagues, the weather, static electricity, regular electricity, the university, the universe... well, you can see where this is going.

Anyway, se_parsons wanted to know what's wrong with kids today, and specifically, with my students.

( ranting ahead )

The interesting thing about reading Pamela Dean's Tam Lin now, as opposed to in college, is that as a professor, I'm forced to admit ( this rather spoilery observation )