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In response to Rob, below I'll copy an earlier message that I sent to Janice. I still stand by it; I think we'd have nothing to lose by translating the "Comp 101" part of the title into something a little more general, and doing so might avoid making a couple of people feel excluded. Graham I wonder whether the title -- the "Comp 101" part -- might not leave people from colleges feeling excluded (I tend to associate "Comp 101" with universities). Indeed, I thought that one of the women at the Caucus said she was a high school teacher. I think we could get at the same idea -- and the same distinction -- by talking about "general composition" courses versus WAC or WID courses (though, of course, WAC and WID are terms I associate with university teaching too). On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Dr. Robert K. Irish wrote: > Regarding the title for the caucus: > > I know I suggested the title, so I'm probably biased, but I think it > should stand as it is. > For high school instructors, there is NCTE; "College" is one of the four > Cs. I don't mean to offend anyone, but if High school folk come to 4Cs > they know what they are walking into. They come to join our discourse. > For those who teach 101, I think the whole usefulness of our title is > that it encourages dialogue between those who do and those who don't. We > can complicate the issue much more effectively in a roundtable than in a > title. > Further, we also want to speak to our American Colleagues not create a > Canadian Caucus ghetto. They understand "comp 101"; heck they obsess > over it, so by making our title provocative I think we might best > encourage dialogue among ourselves, and with others. > > Glad to hear people can get in more than once. > > Rob Irish >