Hello, Blog Readers,
You may notice that all of the archives have been deleted from this blog. I have them in digital files, but I have removed them from the blog page. Some will be included in a book "in the works" and some will just wait in the archives, in case I need to refer to them in the future.
The blog READING AS AN ART AND AS A SCIENCE has been posted for three college semesters. It was open to the public, but the primary contributors were students in my college reading class. This experience was a great one. I learned about myself, my students and about reading and books - my likes and dislikes; what I avoided and what I sought out for reading material.
I put some emphasis on the Digital World because that is an important part of life in the 21st century.
I taught two sections of the course entitled, American Cinema, a history of American Film and American culture reflected in film. I loved teaching the course. Students loved it, also. It was so popular that I taught two sections. There was an administrative change in the college and my teaching of the course was cancelled to arise again in another department that was not interested in my teaching the course any further. Most of us like to see films and many of us want to teach about film. It was a political move within the collegial institution and I lost. That is life.
Now, with the severe economic situation in the state of California and the severe cutbacks in courses for community college students, I am in danger of losing this last course that I enjoy teaching so much. I designed this course for the RCC On-line Academy. I cherish it. Because I have concerns about losing this final course, Reading for Academic Success, I have created a new blog, where I will address Contemporary American culture. It is open to the world wide web; I welcome everyone's post.
Throughout my new postings, I will post something that I want my students to read, so they are an integral part of this blog, but I hope that everyone will become involved in this conversation.
I have broadened the focus of the new blog to include films and digital media as well as books. I hope that you become involved.
The address for my new blog is posted here. It follows the title of the new blog:
CONTEMPORARY CULTURE IN PRINT, FILM, & DIGITAL MEDIA
http://ccprintfilmdigital.blogspot.com
I hope to hear from you on the new blog. I have been very busy this summer and I am looking forward to sharing some new ideas with you. Take care, keep in touch, and remember to make this day count!
Dr. C. Wylldestar
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Hi Dr. C.W. It sure has been a long while since I have seen new updates from you. I have also sent you an email sometime during summer, But I understood how busy you might have been. I would have taken the film classes with you in a heartbeat if you were teaching. I love film and learning about film. It is such an unfortunate event that it turned out that way. I really hope that nothing will happen to this reading course because I enjoyed this course as must as my film and english classes. I have learned a lot, and I hope to continue learning from your where ever it may be. I will be sure to follow along on your new blog, and I look forward to future posting.
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Good Morning Dr. CW,
ReplyDeleteHere I am back to college after being away from school for 29 years.
Huge life changes have brought me back to this amazing learning and mind stretching place we call college.
I am so excited to be taking your class and look forward to all the changes that will happen for me in my life because of college.
To briefly comment on film for me film is a great escape for people, my mother talks of seeing films as a young girl during the depression and how it transported them to a different world ahhh... escape. I feel the same!!!
Hi Professor CW,
ReplyDeleteI am sorry to hear that one of your class got abolished. Things are getting harder for everyone. During the Spring, an aerobic class just got cut also. She was such a nice teacher too. What made her so amazing was the fact that she was really passionate about her job teaching an aerobic class. After when she find out that the school would not be having an aerobic class, she becomes sad because she has been working there for almost 5 or 6 years.
I just dont know what to say. The schools are cutting a lot of stuff and activities. It makes the future generation scare about graduating and not finding jobs after graduation. However, i know that you will be strong. I dont believe that the school would cut the reading class. Mainly because this class is very important. This class teaches the general subject of all academic courses study. I think it is important to get somewhat of a general background before going through the details of any course study, and I believe that taking this class fulfiled that.
I wish you the best of luck, Dr. CW.
Stay safe,
Co Luu