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A place for Writing 12 students to read each other's writing, to critique, to suggest, to improve.
About Me
- Brad
- Former adult teacher who loves island beaches. Happy homebody and family man; once devoted dog owner, now without Tashi, my Tibetan Terrier. I prefer the absurdity of the imagination to the absurdity of imagining nothing.
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I'm not sure, but I think I might be able to put "groak" to use in some way. I hate it when someone "stares silently" at me while I eat. That is, unless it is a dog, where I expect it! Mostly, I admire Ammon Shea's reasonable approach, for what's the point of vocabulary if you can't use it? I had this discussion earlier this term with a student studying from some kind of SAT (or some test like that). To know words for a test is one thing; to know them for use is another. If you get too fancy and technical, many (including we teachers) will get a blank look on our faces!
So, ultimately, I enjoy my vocabulary prowess because "It makes life more interesting," and not because I want to earn more money or pass an esoteric test.
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