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CarolynMoe, you're welcome. I am not meant to be teaching English but about a style of writing. I feel swamped by having to go through the same stuff over and over. I love to read and I noticed that the fine publications I subscribe to are sitting aside unread while I wade. It has reinforced in my mind how I want to spend my time.
posted by
Azur
on April 7, 2005 at 7:10 AM
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Thanks MayB, what a nice compliment... I think I would get frustrated if what you describe is any indication of teaching English.
posted by
cmoe
on April 7, 2005 at 6:02 AM
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DarrkeThoughts, that's good. I had a similar battle with my eldest child but now I can't tell him anything
posted by
Azur
on April 6, 2005 at 9:04 PM
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Good writing counts, because good living is necessary for life's happiness and good writing is usually a product of good living!
posted by
MountainClimber57
on April 6, 2005 at 9:02 PM
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That's the argument I used to get my 5 year old to start spelling words the way I do instead of any old way they sounded. It was cute the first couple times, but then I had to explain how hard it was to understand what he was writing...seemed to work...
posted by
DarrkeThoughts
on April 6, 2005 at 8:48 PM
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I tell them MerryAnne that writing and reading well EVERY DAY is the only way
posted by
Azur
on April 6, 2005 at 1:59 PM
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Carolyn, you write so well and you could teach but at the cost of your writing could be too high a price
posted by
Azur
on April 6, 2005 at 1:57 PM
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... hmmm, maybe I'll forget teaching and stay home and write.
posted by
cmoe
on April 6, 2005 at 1:53 PM
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In the writing course i'm taking
we had a lot of drop outs. My instructor laughed - she said it happens every term - they are shocked to discover that they actually have to work!
posted by
MerryAnne
on April 6, 2005 at 1:48 PM
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It makes me wonder what they expect when they sign up
posted by
Azur
on April 6, 2005 at 1:46 PM
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It's amazing that anyone communicating with words would even ask that question.
posted by
Talion
on April 6, 2005 at 1:43 PM
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