English99-Frank Gannon

Gannon's essay is mainly about the new English 99 class that he was given to teach at a small college. He at first wanted a Nonfiction Writing class but ended up with a class where the students were not ready for an English class that counts for a bachelor's degree and is a very profitable class for the college. It is profitable for the college because they made money off those who were most likely not going to graduate and were taking a class that did not give them any credits. "The truth of the matter was that English 99 was there so that the college could get some money from these kids before they flunked out or quit." This to me is wrong on so many levels. First of all a class should not be there unless you are going to use it in the future. Taking a class at a college should be inspiring and not just there so the college can make money. I also feel bad for Gannon because his first real professor job was basically fake and then he gets fired. No wonder he wrote about this class in this essay. "There was no seating chart in English 99, so anyone could sit anywhere in the room, but, for some reason, the classes always segregated themselves." I believe this to be true at times, but to me, in college no one really knows anyone and I do not really put a label on myself when I enter a classroom. I usually sit down wherever there is room to sit and preferably not in the front only because I like to see everything in front of me. In high school this was true. At lunch many sat in their little groups, which were usually groups that had something in common: race, gender, religion, sports, etc. Overall this essay was Gannon letting many know that those classes that do not count towards your degree or the classes that you receive no credits for are most likely there for the college to get money out of you. Gannon was clearly upset with the class he had to take over with all the terrible papers he had to grade and all for nothing. The only thing he had to do was pass or fail the student and did not even have to really grade anything. I would probably be angry to and would be very glad to have been let go.