Literacy Narratives

I just recently finished reading and commenting on my COM students' first essays (I know what you're thinking: There are only two weeks left of the semester; how are you just now finishing with the first essay?! I apologize, really. This semester has been a nightmare for me. I've never been so disorganized.) I always love reading these papers. The students have such diverse experiences and the ways in which language has impacted them is often so profound. This summer brought me a group of hard-working students. It shows in their drafts. Only a few were below a 'C' average, but that mostly had to do with confusion regarding the goals of the assignment. Having had such a great experience reading their first essays, I'm really looking forward to seeing what they all have to say about higher education in the U.S. as I read through their second essays this weekend.