Tsitsi Jaji

poet and academic

Worked at Duke University

author, poet, university teacher

Quotations with a citation

They are having the experience of caring about connecting through language in one particular way in a motivational setting: the Duke graded classroom. I hope they can take from that the bravery to be passionate about something that comes from their core.

Recorded without a firm citation

Kept here, labelled, rather than mixed in above.

having great fun teaching this class.

It’s an amazing opportunity to get to know students and how they see the world in ways they care about, ways they’re invested in.

During the beginning of the semester, the class focused on traditions in poetry and related these traditions to contemporary poetry. Professor Jaji felt free to revise the class plan in response to class discussions and students’ previous knowledge. Amarachi noted this openness as an aspect she did not expect but has greatly appreciated.

so often entails learning much more about [a student’s] life as a full human being.