tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898491.post116058624928890853..comments2023-10-30T06:39:27.052-07:00Comments on All I Have in the World: Writing ExerciseChad Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11085458343846938765noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898491.post-1160742379299408132006-10-13T05:26:00.000-07:002006-10-13T05:26:00.000-07:00Anonymous--I suppose I should have specified "in c...Anonymous--I suppose I should have specified "in class" writing exercises. I think writing exercises are very worthwhile--I do them myself fairly frequently--but they don't always seem to me like the best use of class time, especially during a ten-week term, when we only get about thirty hours of it.Chad Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11085458343846938765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898491.post-1160679197479801392006-10-12T11:53:00.000-07:002006-10-12T11:53:00.000-07:00Not very often you find a teacher that doesn't bel...Not very often you find a teacher that doesn't believe in doing exercises. Why don't you think they're worthwhile?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898491.post-1160675424078896062006-10-12T10:50:00.000-07:002006-10-12T10:50:00.000-07:00That's so great—to actually see tangible results o...That's so great—to actually see tangible results of one's teaching. So rare. Congratulations!<BR/><BR/>This item in The Writer's Almanac today reminded me of your writing exercise:<BR/><BR/>It's the birthday of actress, playwright, and novelist Alice Childress, born in Charleston, South Carolina (1916). She was taken to Harlem, New York, to be was raised by her grandmother, Eliza Campbell, the daughter of a slave. Her grandmother encouraged her to write. She would sit at the window and point to people passing by and ask Alice what she thought they were thinking. Alice would make something up, and her grandmother would say, "Now, write that down. That sounds like something we should keep."Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01970997615781244805noreply@blogger.com