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[chelseagirl]

I just wrote an extended precis of my proposed Alice in Wonderland course for next semester, to send to a friend in the department who's going to look it over before I present it to the acting dean. Infuriatingly, someone else is offering to teach two different seminars on that level, because "it will help her on the job market" --grrrr. I may be a year further away from the job market, but it's unfair if I can't have a shot at *finally* teaching a course in my field, after endless surveys and composition courses, and cheerfully teaching ancient lit and 20th century lit and whatever's needed.

Now that I've given a lovingly detailed unit-by-unit summary of everything we'd address in the course, I find it will break my heart if I don't have the chance to teach it.

But, oh, how exciting if I can!!!

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[ajinamoto.livejournal.com]

::crossing all crossable digits and limbs::

Does this person have to teach two? Can't you each teach one?

I hope you get to teach it. When will you find out?

[chelseagirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm not sure how long it'll be; there are all sorts of curriculum committee meetings for it to go through.

I'm all for both of us getting one course. She wants to repeat one she taught last year and teach one new one -- I figure she should get the new one because the other is already on her resume; but let me have mine! Especially since some of my writing center students last year said they thought it would be a really cool course -- I really do think it's something students would enjoy.

BTW, just dropped a message basically for you to our mutual list. :-)

[bethynyc.livejournal.com]

*pout* I want to take that course! But unfortunately I'm not in school. Grf.

[ajinamoto.livejournal.com]

Can you audit it?

Can they still do that in schools?

[bethynyc.livejournal.com]

I think I would need to be a student to audit it. And I'm not. Sigh. Oh well, I can always live vicariously through chelseagirl's posts about it if she teaches the course.

[chelseagirl.livejournal.com]

First of all, thanks Bethy, and I hope the curriculum committee has the same enthusiasm! (I wish I could collect all the "I wish I could take that"s from students and friends and pass them along, cause then it would get approved for sure . . . :-) )

Not at Cooper Union, which by light of it's being a unique tuition-free institution, allows only its full-time students to take classes there. (It was founded by a philanthropist in the mid-19th c. and is a strange and wonderful place.)

But if this course goes well, maybe I'll get to teach it again at the New School or someplace nice and continuing-education-y like that. :-)

psssst...

[nycdeb.livejournal.com]

hey teacher lady, you want I should take care of your competition problem?

Seriously though I hope you do get to teach the course. Frankly, when you mentioned the idea previously I was ready to sign up :-) If you DO end up teaching it, I hope we'll hear more along the way.

Re: psssst...

[chelseagirl.livejournal.com]

Maybe you could have a word with Tony and the boys . . . :-)

If I get to teach it, I'll keep a teaching journal. That would be cool.

If enough people say they want to take it, I am going to save the emails (and get people who've told me in conversation to email it!) and approach New School for next year!!

Re: psssst...

[nycdeb.livejournal.com]

yes!