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.
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'First Date'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
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.
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
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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.
Sue - Oct 23, 2006 4:20:59 am PDT #4876 of 10001
hip deep in pie
But clearly not a victim of Catholic grade school.
It was technically a public school, but it had been started by my Church so they still had nuns teaching there, and I was prepared for the sacraments (communion, 1st confession (is that a sacrament?) and confirmation) during class time.
Dana - Oct 23, 2006 4:23:48 am PDT #4877 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, the nuns fell down on your education, then! No diagramming of sentences, my goodness. Did they at least throw erasers at you?
Cashmere - Oct 23, 2006 4:29:55 am PDT #4878 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I had a English teacher in the seventh grade who told my advanced English class that diagramming sentences was for babies--we were too old for it and she promised we'd never diagram another sentence. And we never did.
She didn't neglect our grammer. She concentrated on it in our writing. She wasn't a young, new teacher, either. She was ancient and verging on retirement but she was very progressive in her teaching style.
From that point in my education, I adored ever single English teacher I had--from middle school on through college.