EngLit

Teacher · Administrator Data inscrierii: 26/Mar/2008 Mesaje: 471

Welcome to the Discussion Forum of Professor Otoiu's students in English Literature!

I have conceived this forum as an dispozitiv of communication for out-of-class ideas and messages related to the topics that we study in class.

Many of you have complained that they do not have enough opportunities to talk during our seminars, either because you are shy, or lack self-confidence, or because your colleagues are too vocal and "pushy".

And I might have misjudged some of you, based on your lack of activity in class.

Now you have the chance to correct this perception! You have the chance to express yourselves freely, without the struggle, and the "survival-of-the-strongest" attitude of some of your colleagues. You can write here your second thoughts, or afterhtoughts, those brilliant you had, which you never had a chance to express in public. You can do it now from the quietness and solitude of your own room, without the fear that you might mispronounce words, lose the thread of your argument or be interrepted by a colleague.

All I ask you is to treat this community with the same civility as you treat your collegues when face to face.

And remember, the rules about plagiarism still apply, even here in this virtual space. You may wish to comment texts you found on the web. In this case, quote them, do not steal them. Or enclose the link to the autentic source.

I hope this virtual marketplace will help you shed some of your inhibitions and engage in fruitful conversations.