I don't know who thought that it would be a good idea to have a three hour, Intro to College Composition class at 8am on Monday mornings, but they should be publically flogged. I know that I am not the best comp teacher ever, but the blank stares and tiredness is driving me nuts.
I give a fairly simple assignment: here are different types of support and argumentation, looking at that list, work with a group and identify the types of argumentation in your assigned essay, but there is nothing but sitting around with the look of, "what do I do?"
I know that self-motivation is not the highest on the list of 18 year olds, but come on! (To quote Rob Corddry)
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I've taught at a number of times, and 10:00-10:50 a.m. seems to be prime time in terms of student attention to what is going on, and I still occasionally get that blank stare reaction at that time. I think it's just a comp. class thing.
-Indecisive
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