Every New Beginning Comes From Some Other Beginning's End

Here it is: your last blog entry of the year! I'd like to hear from you about your favorite (and least favorite) parts of Modern Literature this year. Let me know what you thought about the blog, the senior project, the literature, and the papers. Are there topics related to the modern world you wished we had covered? What about books you wish we had read?

For my part, I most enjoyed teaching The Stranger and Hamlet and hearing your reactions to the ideas in those books. I loved the edible Frankenstein's monster, the Hamlet acting exercises, and the Lord of the Flies competition. I looked forward with great anticipation every week to reading your blog entries; I appreciate how much you shared about yourselves, your beliefs, and your ideas.

On the downside, I wish we had time to read more. I would have liked to have read authors such as Vonnegut, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Woolf.

Finally, I hope you know how much I've enjoyed teaching your class for the last four years and that I love every single one of you. Knowing that this could be my last year teaching, I'm glad I'm ending my career with you. We've come a long way from wrongly-accused tennis-ball throwers. I can't wait to see what you do in the future!