Lemire (2-7)

One blog entry, two quotes...It's twice the fun!

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AngelaPalumbo/2008/02/in_these_charming_set_pieces.html

"If you are considering teaching because you can't think of anything else to do, stop. You should not enter the teaching profession by default or with a sense of resignation" (Lemire 13).

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulianaCox/2008/03/trust_the_compass.html

"To some of your students, whether you asked for the job or not, you are also a surrogate father or mother" (Lemire 23).

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulianaCox/2008/03/in_locoparentis_1.html

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“Has the undergraduate English major curriculum adequately prepared you for a career in teaching?...The answer to the first question above is no, and not just because requirements for the English major do not include teacher training” (Lemire 12-13).
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/GretaCarroll/2008/03/we_are_not_unprepared_teachers.html

"Knowledge of a subject--even expertise in a subject--does not, alone, qualify you to be a teacher: excellent, good, or mediocre. And just because you enjoy reading and writing does not mean you're going to enjoy teaching it or be any good at teaching it."

-From Tim Lemire's I'm an English Major---Now What? Chapter 2 "Perchance to Teach," page 12
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/EricaGearhart/2008/03/could_the_valedictorian_be_a_c.html

"Back in the Middle Ages, free lances were mercenaries not employed by or allegiant to any one individual--knights or soldiers who were free with their lance, so to speak. Joust because they were professional killers, though, didn't mean they always made a killing.

The same is true today."

-From Tim Lemire's I'm an English Major---Now What? Chapter 7 "Freelancing for a Living," page 138
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/EricaGearhart/2008/03/sir_michael_sims.html

Ch. 3: "What's the best time to attend graduate school? There is no best time, just as ther's not a best time to get married or to have children or to buy a home." (pg. 49, Lemire)
Ch. 6: "Seldom do you encounter an individual who considers differences in taste to be morally neutral, and simply something to be tolerated because nothing can be done about it." (pg. 119, Lemire)
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/MadelynGillespie/2008/03/whens_it_best_to_do_what_andsw.html

“They give you your undergraduate degree because you complete the requirements; they give you the graduate degree because you earn it...the campus life to which you became accustomed in college (naked beer slides, panty raids, destruction of property) doesn’t exist on the postgraduate level” (Lemire 45).
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/GretaCarroll/2008/03/mr_lemire_i_am_earning_my_degr.html

"'If you want to be a good teacher, don't be an education major. The best thing you can do is be really good in your subject'" (Lemire 34).

Learn more at: http://blogs.setonhill.edu/LaurenMiller/2008/03/content_content_content.html

“Knowledge of a subject- even expertise in a subject- does not, alone, qualify you to become a teacher: excellent, good or mediocre.” (Lemire 13)

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AngelicaGuzzo/2008/03/why_teach.html

"Degrees can be helpful, but they are not magical" (Lemire 44).

Now, point your wands and say Expecto Degreeum! Then go here: http://blogs.setonhill.edu/LaurenMiller/2008/03/expecto_degreeum.html

“Magazines are not for everyone, but for everyone, there is likely to be a magazine.” (Lemire 96)

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AngelicaGuzzo/2008/03/magazines.html

"To some of your students, whether you asked for the job or not, you are also a surrogate father or mother" (Lemire Pg 23).

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AndreaNestler/2008/03/this_explains_what_being_a_tea.html

"Most of all, if you yourself like to learn-if you love that feeling, that intellectual and emotional sensation, when something complex suddenly becomes simple or when something unfamiliar suddenly becomes familiar-and you like the idea of sharing that experience eith someone else, then you score another point" (Lemire 16).
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/RichelleDodaro/2008/03/lifelong_learning.htm

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/TiffanyGilbert/2008/03/journalism_majors_take_a_diffe.html

"Magazines, like any other periodical, come big and small, with their own pros and cons. You might enjoy working for a small magazine where you know everyone by name and, for the benefits of your professional education, can learn what everyone else does to contribute to the magazine's construction."

"Once, after a class, a few of my best students invited me to attend a festival of some kind the school was holding that weekend..."

"I am finishing up my dissertation, which is about 150 pages long."

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JessieFarine/2008/03/a_tale_of_two_futures.html

how much is your love worth?

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/DeanaKubat/2008/03/can_you_put_a_price_on_your_lo.html

starting out small has its great advantages!

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/DeanaKubat/2008/03/everyone_has_to_start_somewher.html

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AllisonHall/2008/03/teaching_kids_to_love_reading.html
"Knowledge of a subject - even expertise in a subject - does not, alone, qualify you to be a teacher: excellent, good, or mediocre. And just because you enjoy reading and writing does not mean you're going to enjoy teaching it or be any good teaching it" (Lemire, ch 2, pg 13).

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AllisonHall/2008/03/are_you_a_book_or_a_magazine_p.html
"Book people sit on a plane, spending the whole trip with a novel; magazine people scoop up every free periodical available on the plane and spend the trip reading, skimming, flipping pages, assimilating information ... Book people listen to National Public Radio to get a high-level sense of what's going on in the world, and maybe they'll reuse the day's paper; magazine people listen to talk radio and consume information wherever they can get it: periodicals, TV and radio, the Internet, research reports, talking to people, and more" (Lemire, ch 5, 103-104).

Um..I dunno about you, but I barely have time to sleep!

just do it :):
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/StephanieWytovich/2008/03/um_i_dont_know_about_youbut_i.html

"Graduate school is so different from college, you're not going back to anything; you're walking into an entirely new situation, with a wholly different set of demands, expectations, and challenges" (Lemire 43).
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KaitlinMonier/2008/03/nobody_goes_back_to_school_of.html

"There is no industry standard for freelance editing rates, although twenty to twenty-five dollars an hour is not uncommon" (Lemire 143).
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KaitlinMonier/2008/03/thats_not_enough_to_live_off_o.html

"If you love sports and writing...there's no problem" (Lemire 84).
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/ChelseaOliver/2008/03/el150_sports_writing_more_than.html

Surprise, Surpise Mr. Lemire. I DISAGREE WITH YOU AGAIN!

Trust me. Read this:
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/StephanieWytovich/2008/03/surprise_surprise_i_disagree_w.html

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KayleyDardano/2008/03/everyone_doesnt_read_the_same.html

“Confined to the classroom, English majors have no direct experience of what most people – inhabitants of the real world –read;” (119)