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On Thu, 30 Sep, Seanette Blaylock wrote:
Several books and stories I'd have otherwise loved were absolutely ruined for me by high school English classes that did this. Tell me, did you ever have one of those English teachers who wished he or she had been a Shakespearean actor? We didn't study The Bard in high school, but one of my teachers sure hammed it up when we studied Marlowe. Regards and Purrs, O J |
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On Thu, 30 Sep, Seanette Blaylock wrote:
Several books and stories I'd have otherwise loved were absolutely ruined for me by high school English classes that did this. Tell me, did you ever have one of those English teachers who wished he or she had been a Shakespearean actor? We didn't study The Bard in high school, but one of my teachers sure hammed it up when we studied Marlowe. Regards and Purrs, O J |
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O J had some very interesting things to say
about A Miracle Story (WAS: Latest news on "the eye"): Several books and stories I'd have otherwise loved were absolutely ruined for me by high school English classes that did this. Tell me, did you ever have one of those English teachers who wished he or she had been a Shakespearean actor? We didn't study The Bard in high school, but one of my teachers sure hammed it up when we studied Marlowe. Not that I recall. -- "The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL |
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O J had some very interesting things to say
about A Miracle Story (WAS: Latest news on "the eye"): Several books and stories I'd have otherwise loved were absolutely ruined for me by high school English classes that did this. Tell me, did you ever have one of those English teachers who wished he or she had been a Shakespearean actor? We didn't study The Bard in high school, but one of my teachers sure hammed it up when we studied Marlowe. Not that I recall. -- "The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL |
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In article , "Elise"
dragon and thistle at snet dot net wrote: Jumping up and waving hand Algebra!!! Cut Algebra!!!!! Yeah! When was the last time you figured out what "x" was in real life! ; Hugs, CatNipped ----- whose gradepoint average was brought down by the dreaded math I must admit to figuring out what "x" is equal to on a fairly regular basis. Of course I loved Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus in school and hated picking apart various well-told stories to find the deeper meanings within. A pet peeve that DH and I were recently discussing: Why can't a story just be enjoyed as a story? The only one who truly knows the deeper meaning, if any, is the author. In the case of most classes in English Literature, most of those authors were long since deceased. Perhaps the teachers held regularly scheduled séances? Admittedly computer science rather than literature, but I still remember a brief and dubious sampling of one graduate program. I was taking a course in [of interest to CS people only] discrete mathematical structures, and the lecture was on applications of finite state automata. The professor happened to pull an example from a very familiar industry document, a standard method of measuring network performance. He showed a page, and said "the description here can be rewritten in our terms to mean AAA". I raised my hand. "Professor, do you think that BBB might be an alternate interpetation?" "Nonsense. This is clear." A few minutes later, I inquired again, "could it be that the thought was BBB?" "No". I couldn't stand it any longer. "Sir, I really think you should conside the BBB interpretation." He whirled around and demanded "why on earth do you think a silly thing like that was in the committee's mind?" "Because that's not what I meant when I drafted that section. You might want to look at the list of coauthors." It was clear he was tenured, as he changed the subject with barely a blink. |
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In article , "Elise"
dragon and thistle at snet dot net wrote: Jumping up and waving hand Algebra!!! Cut Algebra!!!!! Yeah! When was the last time you figured out what "x" was in real life! ; Hugs, CatNipped ----- whose gradepoint average was brought down by the dreaded math I must admit to figuring out what "x" is equal to on a fairly regular basis. Of course I loved Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus in school and hated picking apart various well-told stories to find the deeper meanings within. A pet peeve that DH and I were recently discussing: Why can't a story just be enjoyed as a story? The only one who truly knows the deeper meaning, if any, is the author. In the case of most classes in English Literature, most of those authors were long since deceased. Perhaps the teachers held regularly scheduled séances? Admittedly computer science rather than literature, but I still remember a brief and dubious sampling of one graduate program. I was taking a course in [of interest to CS people only] discrete mathematical structures, and the lecture was on applications of finite state automata. The professor happened to pull an example from a very familiar industry document, a standard method of measuring network performance. He showed a page, and said "the description here can be rewritten in our terms to mean AAA". I raised my hand. "Professor, do you think that BBB might be an alternate interpetation?" "Nonsense. This is clear." A few minutes later, I inquired again, "could it be that the thought was BBB?" "No". I couldn't stand it any longer. "Sir, I really think you should conside the BBB interpretation." He whirled around and demanded "why on earth do you think a silly thing like that was in the committee's mind?" "Because that's not what I meant when I drafted that section. You might want to look at the list of coauthors." It was clear he was tenured, as he changed the subject with barely a blink. |
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On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 19:28:07 -0400, Howard Berkowitz
wrote: Today's miracle is tomorrow's routine, and perhaps obsolescent the day after. We don't always have cures -- but we increasingly have reliable methods to turn death sentences into manageable chronic diseases with good quality of life--and tough financial choices. I've got a copy of the 1940 edition of the "Merck Manual". It was a different world then. Sulfa was brand new and the only antimicrobials with any track record were Paul Ehrlich's Salvarsan and similar arsenic compounds for treating syphilis. The tragedy of Massengill's Sulfanilamide Elixir, which used toxic ethylene glycol to dissolve the drug, was fresh news. My own father was run over by a dairy wagon as a small child and had a compound fracture of his right arm. The doctor wanted to amputate immediately as it was a dirty wound and bound to become septic. My great-grandmother refused to let it happen. They irrigated the wound continuously with Dakin's solution, an antiseptic solution of sodium hypochlorite and boric acid, and it healed. My grandfather nicked his thumb whittling a toy for one of his children. The thumb became infected and eventually part of it had to be amputated. He was sick for months. |
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On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 19:28:07 -0400, Howard Berkowitz
wrote: Today's miracle is tomorrow's routine, and perhaps obsolescent the day after. We don't always have cures -- but we increasingly have reliable methods to turn death sentences into manageable chronic diseases with good quality of life--and tough financial choices. I've got a copy of the 1940 edition of the "Merck Manual". It was a different world then. Sulfa was brand new and the only antimicrobials with any track record were Paul Ehrlich's Salvarsan and similar arsenic compounds for treating syphilis. The tragedy of Massengill's Sulfanilamide Elixir, which used toxic ethylene glycol to dissolve the drug, was fresh news. My own father was run over by a dairy wagon as a small child and had a compound fracture of his right arm. The doctor wanted to amputate immediately as it was a dirty wound and bound to become septic. My great-grandmother refused to let it happen. They irrigated the wound continuously with Dakin's solution, an antiseptic solution of sodium hypochlorite and boric acid, and it healed. My grandfather nicked his thumb whittling a toy for one of his children. The thumb became infected and eventually part of it had to be amputated. He was sick for months. |
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