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Just a couple of quick thoughts on the title -- I was just slightly
bothered by the "101" part because they're called so many different
things and by so many different numbers, and I'm not sure "101"
conveys that.

Still, it's worth remembering that one of the reasons that Inkshed
originally started was that in Canada there is no tradition of those
mammoth first year writing programs that "Comp 101" is a synechdoche
for, and that affects a great deal of what we do and how we organize
it, and what our assumptions and problems are.  It seems to me a
good idea to address that directly.  We could call it "Freshman
Comp," which is what it used to be called (and still is in most
places), except that "Freshman" is distracting these days.  How about
"Teaching Writing without First-Year Comp"?

I have no problem with the possibility of excluding people from high
schools or other contexts because, as Rob points out, the conference
is about "College" Composition.  I go to NCTE and attend sessions on
early childhood, simply because I'm interested, and don't feel
excluded.

                                        -- Russ
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