I'm Finished Playing Favorites in the Classroom

by Laura Yeager In a previous essay entitled “The Academic Circle of Life & Excellent Usage of Commas,” I wrote about my time in graduate school at Iowa State, where I studied writing on a full fellowship. At this university, I knew what it was like to be thought of as one of the best (most advanced) writers in the program. I also went to another graduate school, The Writers’ Workshop at The University of Iowa, and we were all aware of who the writing stars were–the students who got the graduate teaching gigs and won the fellowships and awards. These […]