
Pat Tyrer
Professor and Director of English Graduate Studies
West Texas A&M University
Canyon, TX USA
“Keep your goal in sight no matter what gets in your way. Put one foot in front of the other and you’ll reach your goal.”
West Texas A&M University
Canyon, TX USA
“Keep your goal in sight no matter what gets in your way. Put one foot in front of the other and you’ll reach your goal.”
Professor and Director of English Graduate Studies
Teach, advise, educate.
Right now, I’m teaching completely online, so my day is spent answering email, visiting with students during Zoom office hours, responding to discussion posts, grading papers, commenting on short stories in my creative writing class, and answering questions from students. In the early morning, I work on my own writing. I’m currently working on a memoir but publish short stories and poetry. I have two books of poetry published and many individual poems.
Here's the first step for college students
Never give up. If life gets in the way of your academic career, don’t despair—things you want have a way of working out. Keep your goal in sight no matter what gets in your way. Put one foot in front of the other and you’ll reach your goal. Don’t ever forget that everyone has difficulties that he or she has to overcome and you’re no different.
"When I first went to college, I spent too much time having fun and ignoring my studies. I failed my first semester, dropped out, and it was many years before I was able to return to college and complete my education."
My leader describes how no one in school pushed her to go to college since most women did not go to college. It was her parents that convinced her to go to university.
My leader states that she wants older women such as herself to relate to her writing about her own life. Ms. Tyrer claims that growing with no technology to now where technology is everywhere is very interesting.
My leader describes the class as helping students improve their writing at a higher level since she does not teach any general education classes.
Student at CSUF