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A letter to the New York Times:
Cathleen Schine’s essay “I Was a Teenage Illiterate” (Feb. 28) reminds me of a letter that Dostoyevsky wrote at the end of his life to a father concerned over his daughter’s reading (Aug. 18, 1880). As a 12-year-old, Dostoyevsky had enjoyed reading “all of Walter Scott,” and he recommends the father cultivate the child’s “fantasy” properly. Next, “she should read all of Dickens without exception.” And while he recommends everything by such other Russian writers as Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenev and Goncharov, he adds, “I don’t think that all my works would be suitable for her.”
I am looking to put together a packet of sample essays for use in
future classes, and could use your help. If you have an electronic copy of any essay that you’d be willing to share, I’d appreciate them. Ideally, you could send me a Word copy with an estimate of the final grade you received on the piece.
Each student can send as many as three essays for extra credit. They don’t have to be ‘A’ papers; in fact what I want is a collection of A/B/C papers. Please send them to dpogreba@gmail.com.
When I use the essays in the future, no names will be attached, so you
can bask in anonymity.
Thanks!
I moved the link to discussion group down towards the bottom of the page. That will be its more permanent location. You can access the article here.
If you login to the web site and leave a comment on the bottom of this, it’s worth 5 points
(American) extra credit.