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megan walker - Oct 23, 2006 3:13:22 am PDT #4866 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Is anyone else watching Brothers and Sisters? So far it's my fave of the new shows. It's like a mix of Six Feet Under (minus the bodies and f-bombs) and Thirtysomething with a really great exploration of a complicated family dynamic.

There were a lot of things I liked about it, but I realized after a couple of episodes I was never going to get over my dislike of Calista Flockhart. And with The Nine, Ugly Betty, Friday Night Lights, and Studio 60 all still in play, something had to go.

Jesse - Oct 23, 2006 3:28:16 am PDT #4867 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Which CI is this? I forget.

The one where the killer rigs the subway non-turnstile entrance thing (what's that called?) so the guy gets stuck in it, and then stuck in the neck!

tommyrot - Oct 23, 2006 3:45:51 am PDT #4868 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

The return of grammar: [link]

Zenkitty - Oct 23, 2006 4:02:28 am PDT #4869 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Well, it's about time.

I did not know there were English teachers who couldn't diagram a sentence.

Can someone explain how the new SAT scores work? I'm irritated that mine are now meaningless. I need those numbers, people.

Sue - Oct 23, 2006 4:04:29 am PDT #4870 of 10001
hip deep in pie

I have an English Degree and I have never diagrammed a sentence. I don't even know what diagramming a sentence means.

Signed, A Victim of a Liberal Late 20th Century Education.

Tom Scola - Oct 23, 2006 4:06:38 am PDT #4871 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

My First Day in Hell

by Jack Handey

Dana - Oct 23, 2006 4:07:10 am PDT #4872 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Signed, A Victim of a Liberal Late 20th Century Education.

But clearly not a victim of Catholic grade school.

Zenkitty - Oct 23, 2006 4:08:36 am PDT #4873 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

We diagrammed sentences when I was in elementary school, which was the early 70s. I think it went away shortly after that. I never studied grammar in high school at all.

vw bug - Oct 23, 2006 4:11:36 am PDT #4874 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

I really wanted to take a college grammar course, but UMB doesn't offer one. My community college in Chicago did, and it was supposed to be a fabulous class. Unfortunately, there was no time to take it before moving.

I did diagram sentences in elementary school, but probably wouldn't do a very job of it anymore.

megan walker - Oct 23, 2006 4:14:10 am PDT #4875 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

The return of grammar

Hallelujah!

I don't care that my students don't know how to diagram a sentence. I do care that almost all of them don't know the difference between an adjective and an adverb. Or that, yes, the subjunctive does exist in English.

Because it is extremely difficult to teach a foreign language when student don't even know English grammar.

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