Good Afternoon,
I would like to take a very brief moment and mention a few things. If you ever need some extra help, whether that is understanding the reading, whether you are confused about policy, or whether you would like help (those of you who so decide) with your research essay, you can contact me via first class and we can arrange a time to meet. Or, if a particular issue in class was interesting to you and you wish to merely continue the conversation; I am happy in either case to get together and talk.
Furthermore, while Professor Johnson will surely mention this, for those of you who decide to blog, one post per week must be in response to a question that I raise; your other blogs may be about any aesthetically relevant thing you wish. While I am well versed in aesthetics, my fallibility is as objective a truth as you can imagine, so in your response to me, do not take my post as gospel. Important to remember are two things: 1) Two blogs a week will earn you a "C" for blogging; it is the absolute minimum. Honors students, rather any good students, should blog substantially more than that. 2) All blog posts must end with a question. I encourage you to seek out good questions asked by your class mates and uses these as the basis for your elective (The posts not in response to me) blog posts.
Have a fruitful seminar
Two substantive on-target blogs might earn a "c"! (Of course no right-thinking honors student -- or any good student for that matter -- would limit his/her efforts in such a fashion; plus, blogging is intellectually satisfying and fun.)
ReplyDeleteYes, I sincerely hope I did not imply the only benefit of blogging more was the grade. Certainly I think more attention is paid to grades than there ought to be. Blogging, as pointed out by Professor Johnson, is not only intellectually satisfying and fun, but very often edifying in the process.
ReplyDeleteYou implied no such thing, of course. I just saw this post as an opportunity to drive the point home.
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