Barely tolerated, living on the margin In our technological society, we are always having to be rescued ~John Ashbery So when does a non-traditional student become just a ‘student’? If you are a grad student, are you now officially done being a non-traditional student? I started my master’s degree, and I took the [...]
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“I think I would rather be a painter, but I am not…”
Posted in University Experiences, tagged Brown Hall, Chariots of Fire, college, college student, English class, English teacher, Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, male teachers, Master's degree, non-traditional student, traditional student, Western Michigan University on September 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“It gets me right away because I’m in a workshop now…”
Posted in University Experiences, tagged 70's, Billy Collins, Brown Hall, cigarettes, college, college student, education, English, higher education, mom, mother, non-traditional students, Pablo Neruda, poetry, traditional student, Western Michigan University, workshop, writing on August 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
And it was at that age … Poetry arrived in search of me. I don’t know, I don’t know where it came from, from winter or a river. ~Pablo Neruda Over the past couple of years, I have taken a variety of classes alongside traditional students. It is awkward (in case I haven’t mentioned [...]
