tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post4863457541948802366..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Comp Studies (ii)Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-51271856652736270352011-05-31T11:14:33.029-05:002011-05-31T11:14:33.029-05:00Sommers' article is, indeed, very familiar to ...Sommers' article is, indeed, very familiar to several generations of composition teachers (it has made its way into a lot of comp readers, for both students and aspiring teachers), but that's because it's a good one. It still makes sense to my students, even though Sommers' subjects wrote with pens and pencils and typewriters, and they've known nothing but word processing.Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-68563978626158992632011-05-27T12:09:04.546-05:002011-05-27T12:09:04.546-05:00This article explains a lot.This article explains a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-72836014954240307912011-05-26T20:06:54.769-05:002011-05-26T20:06:54.769-05:00Yes, we'd be grateful for small things, but th...Yes, we'd be grateful for small things, but that doesn't mean we should lose track of the big picture.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-53854763047403348192011-05-26T10:54:41.914-05:002011-05-26T10:54:41.914-05:00I would be so happy if my students would just chec...I would be so happy if my students would just check for repetition and redundancies! They seem terrified that someone will lose the thread of their argument, so they keep repeating bits of one sentence in the following one, till I lose the thread from sheer boredom.Dame Eleanor Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512884104691200975noreply@blogger.com