tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post3063989254730980986..comments2024-01-28T03:35:51.182-05:00Comments on Reassigned Time: So Maybe Students Can Write....Dr. Crazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-48188668701298807002007-10-22T09:34:00.000-04:002007-10-22T09:34:00.000-04:00When you find those expanding clothes, let me know...When you find those expanding clothes, let me know. I need them, too.MommyProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12040890762575693250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-57514283364091326072007-10-20T17:17:00.000-04:002007-10-20T17:17:00.000-04:00thanks for the response, i'd love to hear more abo...thanks for the response, i'd love to hear more about how lolita goes, absolutely; i understand what you mean about the narrow/specific point in your career--that must be a relief, in some ways, to know that if they want you, they really WANT you.<BR/><BR/>and i'm terribly relieved to hear that we're not in the same field:) yes, i'm an americanist, sort of, i'm actually a blend. hmmm no way to explain it without giving away the whole farm, as my mom so often says:)gwoertendykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00542058287462910446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-73372237047823624762007-10-20T10:19:00.000-04:002007-10-20T10:19:00.000-04:00Thanks for the good wishes, AW, though I'll say, I...Thanks for the good wishes, AW, though I'll say, I'm not feeling particularly.... I don't know... it's not confidence I'm lacking, re: the job search, but having been through this I also know that there's so much out of my hands and that because of the schools to which I'm applying that I may well not see anything come of the applications - not because I'm not a strong candidate but because I'm a very specific candidate at this point in my career. Either they want what I am or they don't - there isn't the wiggle room of them being able to imagine me in the way that there was a few years ago. So, we'll see. I'm hopeful, but I won't be surprised if nothing comes of it. That said, it's easier to be more zen about it because I already know that I have to be at MLA for other reasons, so whatever happens, I won't be in the situation that I was in last year where going to MLA was all about interviews, and I think that is a good thing. And if it's any consolation, I don't *think* we're in the same field.... I've gotten an "Americanist" sort of vibe from you, I seem to think, in which case we're in no competition :)<BR/><BR/>As for *Lolita*, I'm not at all sure what I'm going to do with it in the classroom. I haven't read it for years, and I've decided to teach it on a bit of a whim. I'll be teaching it in my intro to lit course, and the other novel I'll be teaching in the course is *What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal.* Basically, switching in these two novels has to do with being bored with the novels I've typically taught in there, and I decided on *Lolita* at BFF's recommendation because she noted that most students at our institution have heard of it when she mentions it but never have read it. Also, I like to teach some more recent texts in there to show them that literature doesn't stop somewhere around 1870 (or, even earlier, with Shakespeare). Hmmm.... perhaps I'll do a lengthier post that will go poof to talk about the course specifically....Dr. Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-29030628318367882862007-10-20T10:07:00.000-04:002007-10-20T10:07:00.000-04:00yummy dish, i absolutely love lolita, was thinking...yummy dish, i absolutely love lolita, was thinking of teaching it myself, love to hear your thoughts on how! and good luck with the job applications....you are sure to get interest with your book and generally fabulous self. god i hope i'm not competing against you:) i don't recal what your field is....gwoertendykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00542058287462910446noreply@blogger.com