late to the thread, but still - and a little OT rant
Posted by Anne on March 23, 2000 at 17:11:50:
In Reply to: Y get a "henna" when u can get a real one? posted by h3n+0 on March 20, 2000 at 13:39:16:
: cant really understand y i would get a henna tattoo when i can get
a real one.
Okay, so before I respond I have to say that I've been student
teaching in a 6th grade for the past three months and as a result
have been exposed to some rather . . . creative spelling and writing
styles - as Catherine will soon find out, when I finally get those
thank you letters to her. (Thanks again, Catherine!!!)
With that stated, why would anyone want to respond to a question
written like the one which started this thread? I see it and think,
troll. Then I think, I've seen 1st graders write and spell better
than this. I've even see kindergartners write and spell better than
this.
Yeah, we're all defenders of henna - which is a great thing to be; I
may include it on my resume - and yeah, it's unfair to judge someone
on such a little thing rather than as a whole, and yeah everyone
makes typos now and then, but . . . I prefer to enter a dialog or
conversation with those who can express ideas well. I also prefer to
enter into a dialog or conversation with those who are willing to
listen, consider and learn, rather than those who try to stir up
trouble.
Such is my rant.
Best,
Anne, who's been very frustrated at the writing level of her students
of late, and who doesn't mean to take it out in the forum, but still
can't shake the teaching thing or the degree in journalism thing; and
who always thinks of philosophy when she sees the
spelling "cant." ;-)
