ENGL 102 theme...

Okay: so, after ignoring earlier requests from my department chair, I had to come up with a 40 character or less title for my upcoming ENGL 102 class theme. All I really had was “Zombies!” Headed over to my friend Carrie (a creative writer) for help. Five minutes later, I emerge with “The Writing Dead: Zombies & Composition.” Yay for collaboration and helpful, smart, creative friends. And you have NO idea how much it broke my heart to resist using “(de)composition.” But, in terms of character limit and making sense, it didn’t fit. Carrie said to save it for the syllabus.

Also tossed around “Revising and Reanimating” and “A to Zombie” (that one was my friend Tim’s).

Don’t contact your local congressman//woman to complain about “education these days.” The zombie stuff is just a way to get them in the door and writing about a topic that interests them. Trust me: we’ll be doing lots of cool, research-based, multi-modal writing.

Also, I think your local congressman/woman is a bit preoccupied right now.