Well, it's almost here! You know, the blistering, sweltering sweat of summer ... and those warm balmy nights of fans and air-conditioning. It's the time when I have to revamp my homework schedule because it will be too hot to walk after I do it, especially today when temperatures are supposed to hit an all-time high of 90 degrees!
So I left the house this morning at 6:30 am to take my four mile walk. And while I was walking I thought about the paper I had to write for my American Literture course that I am taking at the Manchester branch of Granite State College. It needs to be a Compare and Contrast paper that discusses the literary differences between Tennessee Williams and Charles Durang who have each written their own play.
Williams is the playwright who wrote The Glass Menagerie while Durang is the playwright of For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls. I loved The Glass Menagerie but I did not enjoy the parody Durang wrote at all. And I know why too. I don't enjoy being made fun of and I don't like it when it is done to anyone.
But I will tell you one thing. When you are a student at Granite State College and you have instructors who have strong opinions of what they believe is the correct or incorrect way to think about a piece of literture, it is extremely important that you know what you think critically as well as emotionally so that you will be able to do good writing when you have to which means you have to back up the stand you make.
When I make my case to my Granite State College Intructor, I know that I must use solid evidence from the pieces of writing I have read so that my argument will stand up. I need to understand that my Instructor has high expectations in the quality of work I present to him.
It took me approimately one hour to walk four miles this morning but by the time I finished I had a good sense of what I would write. Walking is an excellent way for me to focus because I do not take an ipod or any other media device with me when I walk. I am alone with my thoughts and I am working out and getting energized for the day all at the same time.
And now my draft is done and ready for class tonight. Phew! Glad to have it done for sure. I need a break!
So I left the house this morning at 6:30 am to take my four mile walk. And while I was walking I thought about the paper I had to write for my American Literture course that I am taking at the Manchester branch of Granite State College. It needs to be a Compare and Contrast paper that discusses the literary differences between Tennessee Williams and Charles Durang who have each written their own play.
Williams is the playwright who wrote The Glass Menagerie while Durang is the playwright of For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls. I loved The Glass Menagerie but I did not enjoy the parody Durang wrote at all. And I know why too. I don't enjoy being made fun of and I don't like it when it is done to anyone.
But I will tell you one thing. When you are a student at Granite State College and you have instructors who have strong opinions of what they believe is the correct or incorrect way to think about a piece of literture, it is extremely important that you know what you think critically as well as emotionally so that you will be able to do good writing when you have to which means you have to back up the stand you make.
When I make my case to my Granite State College Intructor, I know that I must use solid evidence from the pieces of writing I have read so that my argument will stand up. I need to understand that my Instructor has high expectations in the quality of work I present to him.
It took me approimately one hour to walk four miles this morning but by the time I finished I had a good sense of what I would write. Walking is an excellent way for me to focus because I do not take an ipod or any other media device with me when I walk. I am alone with my thoughts and I am working out and getting energized for the day all at the same time.
And now my draft is done and ready for class tonight. Phew! Glad to have it done for sure. I need a break!
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