Monthly Archives: September 2007

Revision Finished

Posted on 2007/09/26 by ngilmour

Well, I can honestly say that I don’t feel that I wasted any meetings, and that’s a first. I don’t know if I’m just more disciplined now than I used to be or something else is going on, but as … Continue reading →

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The Last Day of Revision

Posted on 2007/09/26 by ngilmour

I’ve got two more groups that need to meet with me, and the hardest week of my semester except for portfolio-grading will be over.? This year’s classes have been the most responsible I can remember teaching in freshman comp; almost … Continue reading →

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Plato’s high-flying tricks, Aristotle’s fundamentals

Posted on 2007/09/24 by ngilmour

I just had to post this picture when I found it.

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Revision Going Well

Posted on 2007/09/24 by ngilmour

Once again, I’m a bit amazed to discover that in fact I can teach English.? So far, I haven’t had any revision meetings that I’ve regretted.? I suppose about half of them remain to go, but usually I start slow … Continue reading →

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A New Look

Posted on 2007/09/23 by ngilmour

I think I like this new look enough that I’m going to blog here a while. I’m going to miss the Java scripts from blogger, but having a look that not everyone has is, I think, enough reason to change. … Continue reading →

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Another good day

Posted on 2007/09/18 by ngilmour

We wrapped up our first unit on Republic proper today, and the discussions were quite good. I have to keep reminding the students (and myself) both how alien Plato’s world was and how much we (the students and their teacher) … Continue reading →

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Plato meets Michael Vick

Posted on 2007/09/15 by ngilmour

Thursday’s classes were good, and I actually mananged to have two, very different conversations in them. Since I remember 11:00 a little better, I’ll start with that. Their main concern was that Plato considers obscuring information for the good of … Continue reading →

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Thought Experiments

Posted on 2007/09/11 by ngilmour

Today’s reading in Plato was pretty much setup; the real argument begins in Thursday’s reading. Nonetheless, my classes both engaged the text with some enthusiasm, and I finished my teaching day tired but pleased with the results. The more I … Continue reading →

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Freshmen can understand dialectic

Posted on 2007/09/07 by ngilmour

Yesterday’s classes were great; I really do have two good groups this year. I did kick myself after 11:00 class for trying to railroad them into the same discussion that 8:00 had. It’s a bad habit of mine, and I … Continue reading →

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Book Forthcoming

Posted on 2007/09/01 by ngilmour

In case you’ve heard through the grapevine (or, perhaps, in case you haven’t), a new Ooze.com book is coming out on September 22, and one of my essays is one of its chapters. Pretty cool, eh? The image itself links … Continue reading →

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Weekend Reflections

Posted on 2007/09/01 by ngilmour

This fall’s first-year comp groups are getting off to a really good start. Nobody seems to have flaked out utterly on paper one, and so far the discussions of Plato have been quite good. We launch into the Republic this … Continue reading →

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