Every freshman at my college was required to take a class called “Writing the Essay.” This class was supposed to teach us how to write real essays, not the five-paragraph kind we learned in high school.
The way you write about the class you just took with Chelsea Hodson is how I feel about one I recently took with Kate Devine (who is on Substack but I can't link to her in a comment). We also read a lot of "permission giving" texts, and learned more ways into an essay than I realized could exist. I now have so many drafts going that could turn into something, and more importantly, my mind is open to thinking experiences into essays. It's incredible what a good class and a good teacher can do!
She also assigned us her own essays to read as homework, which I didn't mention because I've had teachers do this and it makes perfect sense and feels natural, but in this case it did not... 😅
The way you write about the class you just took with Chelsea Hodson is how I feel about one I recently took with Kate Devine (who is on Substack but I can't link to her in a comment). We also read a lot of "permission giving" texts, and learned more ways into an essay than I realized could exist. I now have so many drafts going that could turn into something, and more importantly, my mind is open to thinking experiences into essays. It's incredible what a good class and a good teacher can do!
Truly incredible! Your class experience sounds just like mine and I am so happy for us!
Omg, this: and also including the professor’s wedding video, which she narrated live, woven with the story of her recent divorce.
That is insane and unhinged but I kind of love it. (As a look back from someone else, not if I was in the class.)
She also assigned us her own essays to read as homework, which I didn't mention because I've had teachers do this and it makes perfect sense and feels natural, but in this case it did not... 😅
Oh no!!
Sounds like an incredible class—and I’ll be think about that opening prompt for a while!