Wednesday, August 27, 2008

It Starts

Welcome to CottonComp, a blog dedicated to reflections on teaching in the first year comp department at Texas Tech. I hope to chronicle here the first five weeks of successes and failures with my two sections of 1301.

Before starting the PhD program in Creative Writing at Texas Tech, I received an MA in English from Northern Michigan University and a BA in English/Humanistic Studies from the University of Wisconsin--Green Bay. My teaching experience includes adjunct work at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (Business Communications; Communication through Writing),TA and adjunct work at Northern Michigan University (Freshman Composition; Technical and Report Writing), and real-time internet tutoring and essay review services through Smarthinking, Inc, an online tutoring firm based in Washington, DC.

So far, I like Lubbock just fine. It's like a huge city in the Upper Midwest sans trees, water, hills, and Canadian coins being foisted off on me at the gas station.

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