Am preparing to read 100 freshman essays on the topic of National ID Cards: Violation of privacy or a way to "smoke out" the terrorists? This is their final essay, which they pretty much have to pass in order to pass the course. I am fearing for my sanity, given that when I announced the topic, not a single student could explain the ID card controversy. Ignorance, bliss, retake English 101.....Kate, one time Paul and I tried to explain Hiram's equivalent of the English 101/102 requirement, which is the colloquim/seminar thing, where you learn to write but it's cleverly disguised as a course you might be interested in for other reasons. It seems to freak people out, so eventually we stopped trying to explain it, which only reinforces the notion that Hiram is a fantasy land unlike any other college on the planet.
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