Tag Archives: students

New Student Advice: Follow Your Own Star

Thursday Recently Sewanee asked me to cover for an ailing professor and teach a section of English 101 (Composition and Literature), one of my favorite courses. I’m therefore suspending my retirement, at least partially. I love this course, which functions in some ways as an “Intro to College” course. For many students, the first semester […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , | Comments closed

Comic Relief for Desperate Students

If you cramming madly for finals (or remembering a time when you once did), here’s a wonderfully witty Philip Appleman poem about the experience.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , | Comments closed

Crown My Head with Ample Square-Cap

Christopher Smart’s “On Taking a Bachelor’s Degree” is deliberately excessively self-congratulatory. Still, students should feel proud of themselves for graduating.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , | Comments closed

Beware Teachers That Satirize Students

Tom Layman’s “The Students” is a humorous poem but, in the end, mean-spirited. It also lets the teacher off the hook.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , | Comments closed

Two Exam Poems To Lift Your Spirits

For students encounter end-of-semester pressure, here are two comic poems about exams. Laughter is an important resource for you at the moment.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , | Comments closed