Tuesday, August 23, 2016

English 222 Starts Tonight


     Sometimes, our dreams come true! I have been an adjunct at five school over the years. Currently I am enjoying an eleven-year stint at Midlands Technical College, based in Columbia, South Carolina. I have taught around 25 courses there, mainly in English.

     Tonight I teach an official Poetry class. The 200 level courses are the highest at this two-year school, and is an elective. A few years back I taught 205, which is English Literature from Beowulf to the 18th Century.

     The exciting thing for me is that in addition to discussing well-known poets, I can later on include some of my peers and friends from Google+ and elsewhere, and modestly share a few of mine.

     Unlike many other adjuncts, I have a day job, Adjuncts are slowing getting parity in terms of benefits, but sad reality is that most post-secondary schools could not function with them.

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