tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post529217633400859594..comments2024-03-24T09:13:28.758+00:00Comments on The Plashing Vole: A poem for studentsThe Plashing Volehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-54912312786778223592013-03-14T12:18:03.726+00:002013-03-14T12:18:03.726+00:00Sorry Vole,
I'm not critical of you in partic...Sorry Vole, <br />I'm not critical of you in particular. Your blog inspires me to think further politically and what you write is overtly interesting. So, no more of said poem and (annoying) students who send emails but often don't really care! <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-37858376282998777772013-03-14T12:05:06.792+00:002013-03-14T12:05:06.792+00:00Oh OK, I didn't quite get that.Oh OK, I didn't quite get that. The Plashing Volehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-11510354141063322432013-03-14T11:53:26.075+00:002013-03-14T11:53:26.075+00:00I meant the 'sarcastic' action of the acad...I meant the 'sarcastic' action of the academic who sends the poem rather than the poet/poetical content of which I appreciate and fully understand. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-75852173906195819962013-03-14T11:23:04.648+00:002013-03-14T11:23:04.648+00:00I see elements of sarcasm in there as the narrator...I see elements of sarcasm in there as the narrator's voice swings between annoyance and disappointment - it ends on a note of sadness as the narrator's better side overcomes his sarcastic impulse - something with which I can empathise. <br /><br />Yes - a student who emails is always better than those who just don't care. The Plashing Volehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-45161972657632999752013-03-14T10:58:08.551+00:002013-03-14T10:58:08.551+00:00I find this too sarcastic/futile and would never s...I find this too sarcastic/futile and would never send it to a student. <br />So many students miss classes and, in my many years of teaching, don't bother to email. Surely those who do are perhaps a little concerned? <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-42859904259766356802013-03-13T22:48:51.045+00:002013-03-13T22:48:51.045+00:00I have this poem on my office door.I have this poem on my office door.Historian on the Edgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069934072719158780noreply@blogger.com