End of the semester

We just completed our last meeting of the semester, and I'd like to say you were an enjoyable group of students.

Anyone who was not present in class to turn in the final paper tonight must leave it in my mailbox in C-209 no later than noon on Friday, May 15 or contact me to make other arrangements. If you would like feedback on your final paper, send me an e-mail requesting as much, and I'll write back with my thoughts. I also would be happy to send you a marked-up hard copy of the paper upon request.

I was disappointed to see so few students opted to take the final exam. Considering most of the material was similar to that on the mid-term test, I thought this was a fair and generous opportunity for students to improve a weak grade.

Whether you finish this course with a good grade or "chalk it up to experience," I hope you gained some things from it that will make you a better writer, a more inquisitive reader and a clearer thinker. Any feedback you have for me -- thoughts about the readings, the writing assignments or my effectiveness as a teacher, for example -- would be welcome at bill.ackerbauer@fmcc.suny.edu.