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Comment on In Memoriam (1William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, IV.i.161-166) by Char

Char — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:55:12 +0000

Does it really matter? If it’s something so horrific that you feel you need to file it in fiction, then do so. Regardless of this story’s truth, it is both all too real and at the same time so far from our world as to render either case irrelevant.

Comment on In Memoriam (1William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, IV.i.161-166) by Chris

Chris — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:50:08 +0000

You need to start tagging ‘fiction’ or ‘fact’. Either way? This is good.

Comment on Dead Space: The Importance of Names by Mild Ill Son, Thee

Mild Ill Son, Thee — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:42:10 +0000

They’re percolating on the back burner at present; got my mind (and hands) full with other matters at the moment, some of which have rather immediate deadlines. I suspect you’ll be seeing something either Monday or Wednesday night…!

Comment on Dead Space: The Importance of Names by Chris

Chris — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:01:15 +0000

Any chance we’ll see parts 2-5 now?

Comment on Dead Space: Crawlin’ Around in the Dark by Chris

Chris — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:39:35 +0000

You _do_ get to find out, sooner or later.

Let me know what you think when you do :)

As for me, I’m 1/2 through chapter 6, now. I was just starting it, before, so I’m a bit further in than I thought.

Comment on An Anecdotal (Re-)Introduction by Mild Ill Son, Thee

Mild Ill Son, Thee — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:48:23 +0000

That’s the intro (or, really, more of a prologue), verbatim. The point of the paper is… well, it isn’t. The structure of the class and the expectations of the elite are that papers are more exploratory than absolute–yes, it’s as strange as it sounds, and yes, I’m having an extraordinarily difficult time adjusting my writing to it. In that regard, the paper explores the various assumptions built into the Knowledge and Employability curriculum and the roles that educational stakeholders (teachers, students, parents) are expected to play as a consequence and the impact this has for them as well as for the milieu within which this is all occurring.

We’ll talk about it when you get back, yes?

Comment on An Anecdotal (Re-)Introduction by Chris

Chris — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:15:20 +0000

So, I assume that’s the introduction to your paper, mildly amended?

Slick. Also, good use of the word ‘piss’ in a formal paper.

I’ll admit, though, I’m a bit fuzzy on the nature of your _a priori_ objection here. What, exactly, was the thesis of your paper?

Comment on Drambling: A Child’s Terror (Lone Bear and Cub) by Chris

Chris — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:01:01 +0000

Ah. So noted.

How are you feeling, these days? Back on your feet?

Comment on Drambling: A Child’s Terror (Lone Bear and Cub) by Milton.

Milton. — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:15:12 +0000

Oops, sorry about that… the delay between your writings and my answering. Sometimes I forget that this page exists.

Chris: not in my experience, no. I’ve read plenty and written several and, while the ones I’ve penned tend to roam the darker shades of gray, most I’ve read tend to be significantly lighter in tone.

Char: be my guest. I wouldn’t mind looking over your writing either, though one condition applies: tell me more about the writing you’re expected to do for this in-class essay. I mean, what’s the expected outcome? Assuming you let me know, I’d happily look over your work and I may able to get you some information to assist you. Just today I taught a lesson on style analysis (specifically, how to analyze a selection’s diction, figurative language and syntax); to ease student understanding, I put together a very detailed handout, complete with (some) examples.

Comment on Drambling: A Child’s Terror (Lone Bear and Cub) by Char

Char — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 04:50:48 +0000

I have to write an in class essay in a few weeks, and it will be of a paragraph that is given in class, and we have to analyse it blah blah blah. Do you mind if I practice on your work, and maybe even get you to look at it? I’m terrible at writing, and feel I need all the practice and help I can get.