The essays

I was disappointed that so few people had posted reflections by Saturday night; I had hoped that some of the discussion would occur on line. And there are, consequently perhaps, few suggestions about what we should talk about. So let's do this the same way we have in the last few sessions: take some time to read through what people said, find issues that should be discussed, and discuss them.

Let's do it  this way. As you read, mark what you find interesting. When you've read a half dozen or more, look for the one you'd most like to draw to everyone's attention, make sure there's a box around the text you want us to look at, and sign your name next to it. Hand it to me, and we'll use those as a basis for discussion. I'll display each on the screen so we'll all know what the text is.

Wednesday

On Wednesday, we'll look at Johnson, Boswell, and Scotland, as assigned by the Johnson's own biography group. Since it seems to work pretty well, let's think about it on line before we talk about it in class; again there's a forum for posting a journal with your thoughts on reading the selections from Johnson and from Boswell.