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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
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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.”
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