NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/bit/listserv/mbul/6268

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Date:         Wed, 30 Dec 1992 15:46:42 AST
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From:         Russ Hunt <[e-mail]>
Subject:      RE: High school/college comp cou
In-Reply-To:  In reply to your message of WED 30 DEC 1992 13:44:09 EST
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     Now there's an ambition.  A K-death writing curriculum.

     David Schwalm's characterization of
>                What has happened to Moffett's work, . . .
>                                    that what he saw as a
> K-12 or K-16 curriculum has become a COURSE curriculum all too often, starting
has happened to a lot of good educational ideas, under just the
pressure that's being described here over the past few days ("good
idea, but our university requires a course in English, another in
history, etc." -- or, "good idea, but what will we do with all the
adjunct instructors, grad students, junior staff, WPAs, etc.")

                                    -- Russ
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