The title of this blog comes from the comment I"m most likely to put on a student paper: Wrong font! I don't know why I care. I've just come to associate academic writing with serifed fonts, especially Times New Roman 12. I'm also waging a war against Calibri, which, according to Wikipedia, "replaced Times New … Continue reading Why Do I Even Bother
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On Gifts Received from Students
"Next to things of necessity, the rule for a gift is, that we might convey to some person that which properly belonged to his character, and was easily associated with him in thought...The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me. Therefore the poet brings his poem; the shepherd, his lamb; … Continue reading On Gifts Received from Students
The Wrong Font 