another word for things youre responsible for

As I mulled this over, my eye fell on the same word in the covering letter, which said, “We would appreciate having you respond to these items.” Would they, could they, “basically appreciate” having me respond to these items? Yes, I think they could. It made about as much sense as blue appreciation. It seemed all too possible that they would have specialized their labors, some of them teaching elementary appreciation and others intermediate appreciation, leaving to the most exalted members of the department the senior seminars in advanced appreciation, but even that didn’t help with basic appreciation. I recalled that some of my colleagues were in the business of teaching appreciation. I asked further how a “basic” appreciation was to be distinguished from some other kind of appreciation. So, instead of answering the questionnaire, I paidĪttention to its language and I began by asking myself how “interpersonal relations” were diﬀ erent from “relations.” Surely, I thought, our relations with domestic animals and edible plants were not at issue here why specify them as “interpersonal”? And how else can we “participate” but in groups? I couldn’t answer. Some very well-read people lack moral character and show no creative capacities at all, to say nothing of self-understanding or a basic appreciation of the liberal arts. It seemed possible, even likely, that some of those things might �ow from the study of language and literature, which is my damned business, but they also might not.

Yet it seemed to me, on re�ection, that they were none of my damned business. It spoke of a basic appreciation of the liberal arts, a critical evaluation of society, emotional development, creative capacities, students’ self-understanding, moral character, interpersonal relations and group participation, and general insight into the knowledge of a discipline. This one intrigued me, however, because it was lofty. But he didn’t do as he had promised, and I had lost all interest in questionnaires. Many years earlier I had returned a similar questionnaire, because the man who sent it had promised, in writing, to “analize” my “input.” That seemed appropriate, so I put it in. I was told that the goals were pretty widely shared by professors all around the country. It was about my goals in teaching, and it asked me to assign values to a number of beautiful and inspiring goals. Foreword A colleague sent me a questionnaire.

Another word for things youre responsible for