Good Question!

Here is a question I received in my email, over the weekend. (THANK YOU, SHILEA!!) It may be one many of you had. Following, is my reply:

-----Original Message-----

From: Drummer, Shilea S.

Sent: Sun 11/4/2012 8:59 PM

To: Aiken, Sharon B.

Subject: Argumentative Paper

Hello Professor Aiken,

I am contacting you in reference to our papers. If you could please let me know if the rough drafts are due on Tuesday or are we going to wait to start them?

Sencerly,

Shilea Drummer

Hi, Shilea,

Thank you for your email. I realized, after the fact, that I was not clear on this point last Thursday. We will not work on the draft in class. The more you have done on your paper, BEFORE class on Tuesday, the more meaningful class will be. On Tuesday, I plan to begin the discussion and explanation of documentation, beginning with the Works Cited page and moving into internal citations. I'll be putting information on the blog, but it's not like being in class, to hear the explanation and to SEE what to do. I will not count off if you have no draft on Tuesday, but again, the more work you (AND EVERYONE ELSE!!) can accomplish on your paper at this point, the more you will get out of class & better understand what to do.  

As one of my former students phrased it, after hearing me preach for a semester: "The more you put in, the more you get out, so...put out." Anyway you folks in class want to remember the dictum is fine by me.

Thanks,

aiken