More on Maureen's class

Today, brief meeting with Maureen; clarified intentions of talk to grad students:

She wants me to focus on two things:

1. Why did I choose to pursue this career? Where did my interest in comp/rhet come from?

2. A bit about my current work.

On number 1--formative experiences: Bonnie's "Approaches to Teaching Writing" class; Donald Murray and the idea of writing as thinking; my own experiences teaching writing at Iowa. This was a rich time of development in my professional life--that year or two at Iowa. Also, membership in the Iowa Portfolio Group and the trip to NCTE in fall 1996 and the UNH conference in fall 1996.