AliceTheOwl Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word Well, the good news was, I was ALL set for high school English my freshman and senior years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word I don't remember getting another dose of classical mythology back then, but the English curriculum no doubt has been shuffled at least half a dozen times since the mid-1970's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word I doubt my classes were going by any recommended curricula. MA has some weird ideas about how to teach young'uns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word I doubt my classes were going by any recommended curricula. MA has some weird ideas about how to teach young'uns. <... a number of cheap shots suppressed, due to indecision about which one to take> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word Greek mythology?! Naw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word <... a number of cheap shots suppressed' date=' due to indecision about which one to take>[/i'] Somehow, I turned out okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word Hey, if I survived California, DoDDs, New Mexico, and Washington schools, I have all kinds of experience with ... flawed education programs. Don't ask me what I think of New Mexico State history, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word New Mexico has history? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word In point of fact, not really. But they decided to spend part of a year trying to teach it to us anyway. (I think all of NM history can be summed up in five bullet points: Pre-Columbian, Coronado, Indian wars, Pancho Villa, Manhattan Project. Our books were so old we didn't anything after Coronado. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word I didn't say it was BAD. Just different and weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word . . . Can one be weird without being different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word Yes. Have you ever stopped to think about human nature? Just, contemplated us and the way we act, our patterns, our governments? It's bizarre. How many science fiction books have been written on that premise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Re: The Last Word ... And starting now, I get to grade papers until my pants fall down. And after that, since I have been known to grade papers in bed while in my skivvies. And probably am going to have to again, in order to get it all done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Re: The Last Word But do your students know that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Re: The Last Word In point of fact, not really. But they decided to spend part of a year trying to teach it to us anyway. (I think all of NM history can be summed up in five bullet points: Pre-Columbian, Coronado, Indian wars, Pancho Villa, Manhattan Project. Our books were so old we didn't anything after Coronado. ) you forgot Roswell. BR: Before Roswell, AW: After Roswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Re: The Last Word But do your students know that? Hey, with some of them, their grades will improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Re: The Last Word Yeah, but that could be the proverbial "dead cat bounce". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Re: The Last Word But do your students know that? Some things, people are better off not getting mental pictures of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Re: The Last Word Some things' date=' people are better off not getting mental pictures of.[/quote'] Quoted for truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Re: The Last Word Quoted for truth. Heh. ^ v ^ I wasn't even talking about you in particular. I've had very few teachers or professors who wouldn't make me recoil in horror upon mentioning they actually removed their clothing. Even the ones I had crushes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Re: The Last Word Think that is bad, some even have sex! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Re: The Last Word Think that is bad' date=' some even have sex! [/quote'] As in, within the last week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Re: The Last Word Think that is bad' date=' some even have sex! [/quote'] Nooooo! Say it's not so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Re: The Last Word Teachers procreate?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Re: The Last Word Well, I have met teachers' children. I just sort of assumed it was some mishmash of immaculate conception and in vitro fertilization that we'd all learn a lot from observing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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