November 27, 1998

What Should English Departments Require of Freshman-Composition Teachers?

To the Editor:

Having recently left the friendly confines of graduate assistantships for teaching in the real academy, I am appalled by the assumption that freshman composition can be taught by anyone who can string together enough words to successfully pass his or her graduate course work ("Universities Scramble to Find Teachers of Freshman Composition," October 30). This cheapens the quality of the

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