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Chargement... Dear Committee Memberspar Julie Schumacher
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. At times, so funny I laughed out loud. ( ) An epistolary novel about a disgruntled faculty member, Jason/Jay Fitger, who is writing an endless stream of Letters of Recommendation for students and faculty. It is funny in some cases, and in others, it is a venting of frustrations - with the faculty, with the office space, with people not responding, with former flames. It is a quick read. Just OK in my opinion. Hilarious yet sobering view of the world of secondary education, as told in a series of letters of recommendation by an English professor from a small liberal arts college. I’ve never come across this form of storytelling, and it works. I’ve known for some time that certain institutions have a culture that is all their own, and universities are no exception. Schumacher, herself a college professor, reaches back into her experience to illuminate the craziness of her world, and writes the LOR that I’m sure most academics would have loved to write themselves, but of course couldn’t. The book specifically addresses the dying liberal arts in the era of STEM majors, and the scant options for, in particular, English majors (often having to accept jobs well below their skill sets). There is a tragic element to the book, as the author of the LORs, Jason Fitger, tries to promote his last mentee. This book is so well written - it’s compulsively readable - and should be required reading for anyone teaching at the college level. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Fiction.
Literature.
Humor (Fiction.)
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