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@@ -6,6 +6,36 @@ There's a differentiation from text and stories.
 
 Text can be separate from the story.
 
-The definition of a text is fuzzy.
+Digital presentation of english characters is text in the same way that handwritten characters or printed characters are.
 
+The definition of a text is fuzzy, and even a brief discussion of the definition can cause discussions.
 
+if words can be different, from version to version, then is it still a text?
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+it sort of becomes a bit of "Ship of Theseus"
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+Clearly, we need to start with a well-accepted definition.
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+This is... the majority of the course.
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+What _is_ a text? What _is_ a code? 
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+"In this class, we'll be thinking critically about the relationship between text and code", using poetry as the lens of analysis.
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+# Syllabus and Course Overview
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+The course is primarily discussion-based, and asking questions.
+The core work is readings and discussion forums. The goal is to encourage discussion.
+There are also text/code activities; these are "hands-on".
+We will also have a poetry and code anthology; showing our journey through the questions.
+Finally, there are process letters, which is mid-course reviews essentially.
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+"I am a qualitative rather than quantitative grader."
+If you submit work, you will get a submitted; if you didn't submit it, you will get a not submitted.
+There will be feedback! 
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+late submissions aren't ideal, because work builds on itself. 
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+Fridays will have a discord check-in discussion forum.
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+Wednesday's discussion covers why we're using poetry in the first place.