Mary Rose teaches English at the University of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Her conversation is heaven; you never know what she's going to say, and yet it isn't -- insane. She makes perverse sense.
The Fall 2004 Saint Thomas magazine interviewed her. Two bits stood out:
"The only spiritual vision we have any business fussing over is whether our students find out what they need."
"It is important to hold yourself as a teacher and your students to very high standards. Teach things that are extremely difficult, and set up a pedagogy to allow every student to come to terms with that difficulty."
Posted by shea0017 at September 25, 2004 10:48 AM