Re: Eric and Fred's ideas on grading -Reply

[ENGL-DMC@nich-nsunet.nich.edu]

On Wed, 10 Jan 1996  Marcy Bauman Wrote:

(snip)
>	I'm just trying to point out that maybe our choices are based on 
>personal preference, and nothing more.  I do what I do because I 
>want to, 
>and not because of any economic advantage that accrues to me 
>because of 
>my choice.  Or, a better way of saying that might be, I could get 
>the 
>same (or more) economic advantages from other choices, but I'd 
>rather not 
>. . .

Hurrah, Marcy! I'm sure there are many of us who do this job because 
we love it, not because of the money or prestige. If I wanted those 
things, I would have gone for the interview in Austin for the 
"information specialist" job at IBM. But I like teaching and 
learning, and watching students learn and experiencing them teach 
me. That's tons better than producing a new user manual for the IBM 
RISC 6000 that would probably just end up on someone's shelf 
gathering dust. And while I do like to write and do tech writing (I 
teach it too), its more fun and rewarding teaching other people to 
do it.

Deany's two cents (for what it's worth).

Deany M. Cheramie
engl-dmc@nich-nsunet.nich.edu
Dept. of English
Nicholls State University
PO Box 2023
Thibodaux, LA 70310
504-448-4207

"Bonne Annee!"