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lackamas Print Feature 5 Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006 structor loves job, fears grades age. And of course it’s that life-long Biyant-Trerise believes that his love of literature that allows him to Christian upbringing, and foe lessons -teach extemporaneously, as though it imparted to him, play a major role Liter he really .is only one week ahead of in how he teaches. his students. “When a person writes well, he ‘T was raised in an Evangelical has abandoned himself to foe sub ■ long, lean frame draped 1$ office chair, feet propped Christian house. We were encour- ject He’s thrown out ‘shoulds’ and ■uttered filing cabinet, James ' aged to read the Bible - not so much ‘oughts.’ That’s what I think faith by my parents, but by the church. is. Faith is abandoning shoulds and iTrerise related this anecdote: oughts,” said Bryant-Trerise. “And ■teacher friend once told me And so I did,” said Bryant-Trerise. ■doesn’t matter whether or “So here I was being inundated by he abandons fear. A good baseball Ei’ve read everything you’ve stories and poetry. By foe time I was player is doing foe same thing. He E a class,” he said, smirking a freshman in high school I already has intense focus and he has no fear. Ration of the punch line. “... knew I was going to be an English Anytime he has fear, anytime.he’s ■y have to be one week ahead major’’ not abandoned himself, boom! he’s After he had earned his frozen up.” Eoseunac- Master’s degree Fear, of whatever sort, is Bryant- [d with from Claremont Trerise’s enemy in foe classroom. B-Trerise’s University he tried During the 2006-2007 school year. ‘‘When a per ■demeanor, teaching at Seattle Bryant-Trerise will be taking a sab ■ statement Central CC, a job batical, during which time he hopes son writes that he does not to further develop and share his ■come as well, he has remember fondly. teaching method with his colleagues. ■ a shock abandoned Ell, aren’t “I just wasn’t Part of that teaching method involves prepared. I didn’t leaving grading off as much as pos ■ teachers himself to the Ed to be know what foe hell sible, for as long as possible. subject. He ’ s I was doing,” said “Grading creates fear. How can ■nimorless thrown out Bryant-Trerise. . you have lack of fear if you have ■reedjack- E a fond- “ When I [returned grading? Instructors hate grading. ‘shoulds’ and Ediy poetry to teaching] in ’91 Students hate grading. Grading poi ‘oughts.’” I started discover sons everything you try to do in the ing that everyone’s classroom,” said Bryant-Trerise. ‘It’s got amazing sto just stunning what happens when James Bryant- ries. Consequently, you suggest we not have it. Just Trerise I started learning, stunning.” rything? English Professor and because I was Whether or not Bryant-Trerise rant- learning I loved manages to change foe world of ’ light- it” English and literature instruction J style. And so foe with his methods, one thing is likely | deep passion for the written worst nightmare of his father came to remain foe same: he’ll always be icularly religious poetry . m texts - a passion that true: be became a professional stu teaching, and he’ll always be having a hell of a time doing it with him from a very early dent [West BRYANT-TRERISE Jeff Sorensen Clackamas Print rt: stale menthols, old coffee, Oregon City hardcore from HART, Page 1 splicing together home video foot age of crazy adventures I have spring Clackamas with my friends.” ity College had its first Hart has experienced a lot at tival of student-made Clackamas Community College. One film, “Ode to the Her time here has caused her to irl,” was written by Hart, come up with some great advice ing, howeyer, doesn’t- for new students. be in her future, “Don’t make assumptions that njoy screenwriting; it people want to be your friend just many things that other because you’re in their class, or writing don’t, give you a cigarette, or wear the going to be taking another same brand of clothing as you, or s in February, because I have â similar haircut,” she said. joy that form of expres "No one is here to make friends, said, adding that “... and foey?re lying if they say they |e film-making process is are. It probably just means they ting. I much rather enjoy* want to get in your pants.” Hart works for the English department at Clackamas, but has big dreams for her future career. “Someday I’d like to own a coffee shop in Oregon City. I’ll call it the OCHC (Oregon City Hard Core) Coffee Shop.; I’ll sell really crappy coffee and stale muffins,” she said, “I’ll make all my money in shirts I’ll sell that say happy Oregon City slogans like: ‘Oregon City - Where ciga rettes are cheap and people are cheaper.’” A lot of students at Clackamas transfer to a four-year college after they graduate. However, Hart has a much different plan. “After I finish my fourth year here, I plan on getting rid of any material possessions I can’t fit into a knapsack, and then I’m going to wander the * unbeaten paths,” Hart said. “You know, the roads the beat poets missed, the territory foe monks and shamans overlooked. I really need a soul searching journey where I only rely on the world, and foe world relies on me.” more.. 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