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Humor, History, and Tall Tales: Rereading the Adirondack College Student
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Voices
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October 1, 2007
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- Andermatt, Andrew Shawn
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Copyright informationCopyright New York Folklore Society Fall 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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At the end of summer some things are .zl constant in the Adirondacks: tourists depart, leaves begin to change color, and local community college professors sit at their desks reading hundreds of "what I did over summer vacation" and "why marijuana should be legalized" essays. Teachers constantly ask themselves what they can do to better the quality of student writing. Semester after semester, teachers revamp course content and delivery, hoping that this semester will be different.
Analyzing our audience may lead to more productive responses from students. Close study of community-college demographics in the Adirondack Park indicates that a majority of students are full-time employees, many ...