Hello Petrarch's Love. I have been very remiss. I should have answered your very friendly letter a while ago. Please forgive my tardiness. Although my first degree was in English I drifted towards Foundations of Education... generalist courses for graduates who want to take up teaching in as a career. I taught Comparative Education, Sociology of Education and Women's Studies at University Level for 12 years before I retired. I have never wavered in my dedication to English Literature and for the last few years I have taken private pupils for exam coaching. I also did a qualification in TEFL which is English for speakers of other languages. I spent a year as an exchange professor at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville some years ago and enjoyed it enormously. I have travelled quite a lot in the USA and always had good memories of it. Again apologies for not writing sooner. Anne
Hi Seasider, Glad to read that you've decided not to abandon the forum out of frustration with the "everything is art" contingent. I've seen some of your posts about the forums but we haven't really met yet, so I thought I'd drop by to welcome you aboard these boards. I see from your profile that you are a fellow university instructor, though it seems we're at opposite ends of our careers, since you are retired and I'm a young grad. student with only 4 years in the classroom and just on the verge of completing the doctorate and going forth in search of a professorship. What literature do you specialize in? Or what works do you most enjoy reading and teaching? (Whichever seems the more engaging question.) I am, as you may have gleaned, a Renaissance specialist. Must sign off for now, but glad to have you aboard.
