Well, the Existentialist reports that his call for less sniping on the Internet has thus far gone for naught; half the replies he received were from pissed-off Republicans attacking the Democrats. Odd, considering he explicitly said that he wasn't a Democrat either and that he was at best HOPING that someone one do something right. What he was asking for was more listening and less grandstanding, but some folks never learn.

As for me...I'm sick of talking politics right now. I'm going to wait for something to happen (or not) before I get too apoplectic.

Y'know, as a college teacher, I notice things about students, teachers, departments, and so forth. And one thing I've noticed in all my years in the profession is that certain great books don't get taught very often. Ulysses, Finnegan's Wake, Gravity's Rainbow, Moby-Dick--everyone knows about them, but comparatively few syllabi list them as required texts. Part of this might be because we all assume somebody somewhere must be teaching them and that we can therefore go with something else. But that doesn't really explain it completely; you could say the same thing about any number of books.

Part of it might be the inherent difficulty in the works themselves. Finnegan's Wake is nearly impenetrable, even to those of us in the profession who haven't studied it extensively. But again, you could say that about any number of great books.

When somebody does decide to put one of these works on a reading list, you can almost feel the tension in the halls of the department. A low murmur winds through the classrooms and offices: "somebody's teaching Ulysses. Hey, did you hear?"

English majors tend to feel guilty if they don't take whatever class is offering a guided reading of these books. And so the rolls fill up, and the students' hearts fill up with dread, and the teacher's stomach fills with bile due to the weight of his or her awesome responsibility.

All this is on my mind because I'm teaching Moby-Dick next semester. I've ordered a really pretty, potentially useful Norton Critical Edition (also pretty expensive, for a softcover). And now my students and I are going to hunt the White Whale alongside Ahab, Queequeg, and Ishmael. Wish us luck.

Random thought for today: If you stare at a computer screen long enough, the whole world goes dim. That can't be good for you.

Doctor Scorpion of www.mischievousprophet.com
Email: scorpion8903@yahoo.com
Coming soon: The Disgruntled Instructor

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