Professor Chaucer's Office Hours, Wednesday

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

Professor Chaucer is holding office hours again today, seeing as how yesterday's were actually pretty enjoyable. Come by and bring him coffee bug him.


((Office hours will be slow-played until evening EST.))


ETA: A reminder to all of Chaucer's Western Lit students: if you don't get your end-of-term project topic approved by Professor Chaucer, then your end-of-term project will not be accepted.

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[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

He quirks an eyebrow at the figure in the door, but smiles and waves him inside.

"Professor Dream? I'm pleased to meet you. Come on in." He stands and offers a hand to shake.

[game-of-you.livejournal.com]

Dream clasps the other teacher's hand. Of course, he has seen Chaucer before, if slightly older, (http://www.dyve.net/sandman/annotations/sm13.html) but he refrains from mentioning this.

"It is good to see you as well," he says. "You have a suggestion for me?"

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

It's not lost on Geoff that Dream chooses the word 'see' rather than 'meet'. But he decides that's probably a discussion for another time.

"A suggestion for us both, actually. From one of my students. I'm thinking about supplying some of next term's assigned readings in the original languages as well as translations, and offering extra credit to students who choose to read the originals. Elizabeth Weir told me that you teach Languages, and suggested that we might find a way to coordinate our efforts."

[game-of-you.livejournal.com]

Dream's eyebrows go up. "That is interesting. I was thinking about offering a class on Literature in Translation next term as well, to help students understand different cultures and languages through stories."

"I'm not sure which languages I will offer next term, though. My students seem surprisingly enthused about Arabic and a survey class on creature languages."

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

"Well...I can't do much with creature languages. But I could work with Arabic. It's a western literature class, of course. But I could offer some outside reading -- extra credit for my class if they read it, maybe extra credit for your class as well, since it'll be outside your assigned reading? Or...I could see how the students feel about throwing in some non-western lit, as a special project."

He sits and contemplates the idea. "Maybe there's something we could do, to coordinate my class with your Literature in Translation class. Will you let me know when you decide which languages to teach next term?"

[game-of-you.livejournal.com]

"It surprises me as well," Dream says. "Modern Western tongues seem to be out of vogue at this school. The young are fickle, and not always practical." He shifts his hands in a gesture that indicates resigned dismay at this. "I plan to choose my classes for next term over the weekend. I will inform you of my decisions."

"If nothing else, the Literature in Translation course should be at least half European works. I should be able to get you a syllabus for that by the end of this term. And we can certainly work together to offer extra credit to students who read Arabic works."

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

"Excellent. I've only put together a tentative syllabus myself, so there's certainly room for adjustments."

Geoff gives Dream a pleased grin. "It's really been a pleasure talking to you, Professor. I haven't had much time to get to know the other teachers here, but I plan to rectify that come next term."

[game-of-you.livejournal.com]

Dream nods, folding his arms. "I have not made an effort to meet the other teachers until recently. I also hope to rectify that in coming weeks and months. This collaboration may be a start."

"God be with ye, Geoffrey," he says, leaving the classroom.