tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938002403333130226.post7494130515374013806..comments2023-08-22T08:22:16.394-04:00Comments on richardsblog: A TALE OF TWO (UNIVER)SITIESAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04254816077631786935noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938002403333130226.post-88920502932458113262017-04-08T14:17:29.332-04:002017-04-08T14:17:29.332-04:00Dear Professor Horwich,
I think of you quite of...Dear Professor Horwich,<br /> I think of you quite often when I am teaching ESL students to write the essays for the Common Core Regents. Your advice to write the introduction last has helped many students. These students have only known English for two years and must pass the Regents. I can use a template to help them with organization , structure and transitions. Then, they can put a personal touch on their introductions. However, since their language proficiency is limited, sometimes their introductions are not perfect. Nonetheless, because of your advice, the remainder of the essay does not fall apart like a worn out sleeve because of a somewhat rocky start.Thank you for helping me to help these students. I had you for Shakespeare in '93. I still read him quite often and think of you just about every time I do.<br /> Best wishes,<br /> Hugh Powerhughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645164527184991227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938002403333130226.post-76603468712877034962017-04-08T14:16:11.809-04:002017-04-08T14:16:11.809-04:00Dear Professor Horwich,
I think of you quite of...Dear Professor Horwich,<br /> I think of you quite often when I am teaching ESL students to write the essays for the Common Core Regents. Your advice to write the introduction last has helped many students. These students have only known English for two years and must pass the Regents. I can use a template to help them with organization , structure and transitions. Then, they can put a personal touch on their introductions. However, since their language proficiency is limited, sometimes their introductions are not perfect. Nonetheless, because of your advice, the remainder of the essay does not fall apart like a worn out sleeve because of a somewhat rocky start.Thank you for helping me to help these students. I had you for Shakespeare in '93. I still read him quite often and think of you just about every time I do.<br /> Best wishes,<br /> Hugh Powerhughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645164527184991227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938002403333130226.post-8675025806071351482013-06-04T10:47:47.384-04:002013-06-04T10:47:47.384-04:00Hello Professor Horwich. I found myself thinking ...Hello Professor Horwich. I found myself thinking of you this morning when I was grading papers. I often think of you then because you were one of the only professors, and the first I had, who ever took the time to write a detailed comment for a term paper and attach the typed page to the front of my work. Sometimes I'm annoyed at you because your efforts made me feel that I should attempt to offer the same kind of attention and interest in my students' work and now it takes me so much longer to do my marking! Indeed, I have often thought of you over the years and, for some reason, decided to avoid my work today and google you. I was not at all shocked to read that you had left BC but was surprised that it had been so long ago. The state of higher education, especially when it comes to teaching the humanities, can be quite distressing. Still, please do not despair about leaving the cushy, wide-eyed and attentive world of NYU to return to the often comatose classrooms of a place like Brooklyn. I always loved Shakespeare and continued to study his work in Oxford but I was never as excited about learning his plays than when I sat in your classroom in Boylan hall. With the many hundreds of students you have taught you may be forgiven for forgetting most of us but know that your classroom style makes a lasting impression on any who want to listen...and there will always be at least a handful of us, even in Brooklyn!<br />Best,<br />Toba Friedman-Singer (BC class of '92)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13802390841903088409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938002403333130226.post-7947631106420756532013-06-03T14:47:54.616-04:002013-06-03T14:47:54.616-04:00I hadn't seen this post. It's fully circle...I hadn't seen this post. It's fully circle, baby, full circle. Which is kind of a beautiful thing. And maybe--given the economy--the students will surprise you. There were always a handful - sometimes more than that - who were fantastic, back in the Iona days. Fancy schools are expensive, and strong students who aren't quiiiite good enough to get funding for Full Fancy, might find themselves in your vicinity. They'd be lucky to have you, of course....deborah quinnhttp://www.mannahattamamma.comnoreply@blogger.com