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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 08:32 PM Original message |
Stupid high school shit for the win. |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Boy do I feel ya. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. you're never gonna talk, write, think again? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, you are. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. yep. And I now wish I had taken more math. n/t |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. So do I! |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
57. Me three! nt |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Minutely analyzing each word of a passage? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yes, Each word can be critical to the meaning, as it is |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Oh, you will ... |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Go into GD or GD:P. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
55. ... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 10:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Sorry, WIMR but that's really going to pay off later. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. ah, some would say deconstruction has ruined literature |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 12:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. I'm STILL bitter about doing that in HS |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 07:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
32. the skills you learn from it will be invaluable |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
38. It will help you minutely anlayze the hidden meanings of the corporate speak used in the mainstream |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
56. No, seriously; you will honestly be VERY glad you learned that stuff. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 07:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
35. Well, that's the half that they should teach, then |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. what about english... |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. Unless they've got you doing literary analysis, you're wrong. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
39. Skills used to analyze literature can also be used elsehwere. |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Critical thinking is great. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Well, some authors are like Dickens and some aren't. |
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Ekirh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. I find it amusing someone |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. As they say, "You can't make this stuff up!" |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. So do I |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. I didn't learn to write in an English class |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 11:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I learned writing by reading and writing... |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
40. you learned a style of writing in journalism. |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 05:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
27. I usually love English. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 07:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Can you give us an example? |
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Ekirh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:27 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Like I said I understood what you |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #27 |
41. ah! My Shakespeare professor was fond of pointing out that the use of words |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. I totally get where you're coming from |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 05:22 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Yes, that's what I'm talking about. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. Just wondering if you were ever taught to diagram sentences? |
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liontamer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I did that once! |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 05:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. They apparently teach it. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
42. I learned in public schools - late 70s'/early 80s. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
53. They sure do.. I learned it about that same time... |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
61. It was covered once in my 12 years of public school... |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yeah I really regret being forced to read Walden, Antigone, The Great Gatsby... |
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Tian Zhuangzhuang (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 12:28 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Yeah but the Scarlet Letter and Moby Dick are pretty awful. |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
43. Yeah, SL is a pretty tough read, but I love Moby Dick. |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 05:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Those are great. |
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Tian Zhuangzhuang (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
23. English Lit is surprisingly useful. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
30. You're never gonna use English again? Ballsy statement. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
31. Two more years of repeating the same lessons you learned 10 years ago, |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. As someone who tries to help college freshmen write better, |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. As someone who took college english fairly recently |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I didn't really mean to fault the kids. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. I'm not saying you were, I was just saying that from my experience, it isn't their fault. :) |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. Yup. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
33. analytical skills are highly important. when you take your SAT's and GRE's the math questions |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. I've taken the SATs twice, so I know how weird the math questions are. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #46 |
62. my maths score both sat and gre were over 95 percentile. |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
34. Oh, come on! You can appear urbane & witty at cocktail parties |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
49. I actually used ALGEBRA the other day. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
51. Yes. English classes are a waste of time for a writer. |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Oboes suck. |
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SouthoftheBorderPaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
54. You need a comma between |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
58. Wait until you have to read what other people write. |
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