That's something that's sometimes missing from academia, that kind of an idea of an intellectual - someone who is literally in love with ideas.

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He's always really thorough with them and really interested in talking about writing and helping students become more efficient and more learned writers, so I really see a dedication to students.

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The students who I know who've taken his classes always say that he's really engaging and very provocative and thoughtful and consciousness raising and those are things that are really important.

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