Mamie
March 4, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Shouldn’t it be “realLY” since “real” is being used to modify “sexy,” which is an adjective applied to the bra? So adverb-ize the “real,” would they not need to add -ly?
It’s a dumb ad in general.
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Kizz
February 12, 2009 at 9:40 am
No, of course not everyone does. In a non-face-to-face interaction with the person who actually DOES the writing it makes perfect sense that the interaction would be lovely (and thank god because “salad’s” if their salad can possess something I don’t want to eat it). Calling the rank and file out for the company’s grammatical errors is different, I think. Am I crazy to make that distinction?
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Mrs. Chili
February 11, 2009 at 8:56 am
Chatty, I KNOW. It’s really hard, sometimes, to maintain a level of professionalism in the face of this sort of stuff.
Angela, my 4th grader puts out nicer work than most of my college students do. This disturbs me in ways I can’t begin to articulate.
Lily, this is the thing – if there were some REALLY GOOD reason for his changing the assignment – and he came to me beforehand to discuss it – I might be willing to acquiesce. Taking it upon himself, though, is totally not cool.
Mamie, I’m sending everything the kid gives me up the chain of command. CYA is an important part of my professional philosophy.
Sooza, I like to err on the side of the kid, but even MY patience only stretches so far.
Michael, I suspect that an F is in the kid’s future, regardless of how much I try to help him. The bottom line is that the students have to meet the minimum standards of mastery of the material. If they don’t meet the objectives set out on the syllabus, they don’t pass.
Laurie, one of the nice things about teaching in a college setting is that I NEVER deal with parents. I can’t – FERPA prevents me from discussing a students’ status with anyone but my colleagues and the students.
Melissa, isn’t it, though? To answer your questions:
I would do a little investigation into whether this student is
–an ESL student
I asked; he’s not.
–learning disabled (this could be some kind of disgraphia)
I HIGHLY suspect this – or, rather, I HOPE he’s got a definable disability and he’s not just lazy (or worse, manipulative). The problem is that my college is closing and, as such, we don’t have a whole lot of resources available to the students who are left. I honestly don’t know WHAT I’m going to do with this kid, because I know for sure that, if he does have a disability, I’m not qualified to care for him in the way he needs (and deserves to be) cared for.
–turning in similar work to other classes.
Though I haven’t confirmed that he’s currently turning in work like this for his other classes, I HAVE confirmed that this sort of thing has been in his history (I spoke to the composition teacher he had, and that man confirmed that, until Incomprehensible Boy dropped out of his class, that was the kind of work he was getting, too).
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