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Grammar and usage skills scarce in high school English classes
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Posted on 04/11/2003 12:01:56 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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posted on
04/11/2003 12:01:56 PM PDT
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hsmomx3
To: hsmomx3
thats cuz they aint important
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posted on
04/11/2003 12:06:21 PM PDT
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To: hsmomx3
education bump
To: hsmomx3
Grammar? Isn't that the nice old lady relative who gives you hugs and pinches your cheek every Christmas?
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posted on
04/11/2003 12:08:57 PM PDT
by
Luna
(Evil will not triumph...God is at the helm)
To: hsmomx3
We used to have an older gentleman (85) that could still diagram sentences at that age.......I think he had a much better quality education than I had.
To: hsmomx3
Yes, but ebonics scores are at an all time high.
- or -
Yo buss dis. yeah, but ebonics scores be at an all time high. Sheeit!
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posted on
04/11/2003 12:10:55 PM PDT
by
Hodar
(With Rights, comes Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
To: hsmomx3
I once was a TA for an intro history class at a big public university. Students were required to submit weekly essays on that week's readings.
One wrote so poorly I assumed he was a poorly-trained ESL (English as a second language) student, and was shocked to learn that he was a native English speaker, from NYC somewhere. He simply had never really been taught to write effectively.
So we had to teach basic writing as well as the relevant history, which was a shame and should not have been necessary. This article does not surprise me in the least.
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posted on
04/11/2003 12:11:13 PM PDT
by
Gefreiter
To: hsmomx3
Incorrect usage of there/their/they're and your/you're is one of my pet peeves.
Inexcusable in anyone over the age of 17.
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posted on
04/11/2003 12:13:19 PM PDT
by
k2blader
("Mercy, detached from Justice, grows unmerciful." - C. S. Lewis)
To: k2blader
Your correct. Their is no reason for it.
To: hsmomx3
Just a little Mom pride: My eldest daughter got a perfect score on her ACT in the grammar section. She is the product of a Catholic elementary and high school.
To: k2blader
Your a looser! ;')
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posted on
04/11/2003 12:15:52 PM PDT
by
Rocko
To: hsmomx3
This is not surprising at all. Last year I took a course on teaching English, required to get my certification to teach. Our textbook absolutely excoriated any idea of teaching grammar or giving exercises "out of context" that might teach them. I was surprised by the vehemence of the anger. My teacher supplemented the text with addition articles. Fortunately, our curriculum requires taking grammar to get certified (not all do). I'm a big believer in teaching grammar and writing from grade school on up.
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posted on
04/11/2003 12:16:09 PM PDT
by
twigs
To: k2blader
And it's; its.
It's a fact.
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posted on
04/11/2003 12:16:49 PM PDT
by
Rocko
To: k2blader
Inexcusable for my elementary age kids as well beginning at about the 3rd grade level.
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posted on
04/11/2003 12:16:55 PM PDT
by
hsmomx3
(Close the Borders Now!)
To: hsmomx3
Grammar and usage skills scarce in high school English classes
And not just among high school students. Hey, man, grammar is just a way for the elite to oppress the masses! Incidentally, or perhaps not, English teachers are some of the most strident Marxists around.
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posted on
04/11/2003 12:16:57 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: LibertarianLiz
Congratulations! Religious schools do the best job of teaching grammar because they believe in it. Even so, this stuff can be very difficult. Your daughter deserves the heartiest praise!
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posted on
04/11/2003 12:17:25 PM PDT
by
twigs
To: hsmomx3
20 years ago I got a promotion that required that I leave the sales territory I had developed. My boss hired an ex-teacher to take my old job. I had to train him.
After we got back from our first trip, I told him to write the call report.
Not only could this guy not write a complete sentence, his report was literally full of misspellings.
This was 20 years ago. Teachers have gotten worse since then.
The most illiterate people I know are teachers.
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posted on
04/11/2003 12:17:54 PM PDT
by
HIDEK6
To: hsmomx3
Future human shields.
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posted on
04/11/2003 12:18:43 PM PDT
by
verity
To: k2blader
I agree with you. Will also add it's/its, here/hear, looser/loser, etc.
The apostrophe is to be respected!
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posted on
04/11/2003 12:18:53 PM PDT
by
Textide
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