Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Vol. 29, No. 3, March 2002

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• Y2K+1: Technology, Community-College Students, the Millennium, and Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey

  Paul Haspel

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  Abstract: Considers how screening Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" in a sophomore film class shows modern community-college students that millennial anxiety existed well before late 1999, the time of "Y2K" fears. Presents an assignment that examines "2001: A Space Odyssey" in the context of its time and in 2001.

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• Running Shoes, Auto Workers, and Labor: Business Writing Pedagogy in the Working-Class College

  Raymond A. Mazurek

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  Abstract: Considers how the introductory business writing course is appropriate for the development of critical literacy, especially for students at second-tier, working-class colleges. Notes that the opposition between labor and management offers rich opportunities for the critical examination of corporate rhetoric, opportunities that are as relevant in business writing class as they are in other courses.

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• Becoming a Beginner Again

  Brock Dethier

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  Abstract: Describes how a veteran writer and English teacher who only recently began writing poetry encourages others to invigorate their teaching by taking up a new writing genre. Details the lessons he has learned from poetry and passed on to his own students. Outlines six problems he encountered and presents solutions for each.

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• Skepticism: A Literacy for Our Times

  Julie Robinson and Alleen Pace Nilsen

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  Abstract: Suggests that educators need to let students know that sometimes messages are sent in the hopes of confusing or misleading readers or listeners. Notes that people sending such messages include politicians, marketers, educators, parents, entertainers, medical personnel, and in fact, anybody and everybody. Considers how modern media makes it easier for people to manipulate others.

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• When the Class Bell Stops Ringing: The Achievements and Challenges of Teaching Online First-Year Composition

  Linda Boynton

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  Abstract: Notes that beyond the challenges of technology and time, online teaching also elicits unexpected introspection about the role as instructors, the changing relationships with colleagues, and the evolving perceptions about the students. Outlines five achievements and challenges associated with online first-year composition.

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• Driving Home; Usage

  Tom Speer

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• Tamieka, Tamika, Tameeka

  Anne Richey

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• Suburban Dream

  Jeff Sommers

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• Aperitif; Are Teeth Rocks?

  Christine Japely

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• EDITORIAL: Becoming a Beginner (Again)

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• WHAT WORKS FOR ME

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• SPECIAL SECTION: Forum: Newsletter of the Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Special Interest Group

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• REVIEWS

  Maxine M. Long; Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson; Linda Houston

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  Abstract: Reviews three books: Class Politics: The Movement for the Students’ Right to Their Own Language, by Stephen Parks; (Re)Visioning Composition Textbooks: Conflicts of Culture, Ideology, and Pedagogy, edited by Xin Liu Gale and Fredric G. Gale; Exploring Literature: Writing and Thinking about Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay, by Frank Madden.

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• TYCA TO YOU

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