tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494202605629550918.post4840882868172086416..comments2023-10-04T12:17:48.643-04:00Comments on The Rocking Pony: What I Remember From College EnglishKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037928148778848386noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494202605629550918.post-83167044454024403662012-01-27T10:07:55.943-05:002012-01-27T10:07:55.943-05:00English teachers are basically kindergarten teache...English teachers are basically kindergarten teachers that grew up and became language drill sergeants. Math teachers are usually less persnickety, and their subject is actually more "black and white" than language.<br /><br />Language is an art form. There are rules to guide us its different uses so that our readers can make sense of what we write. It is perfectly acceptable to bend those rules to achieve our goals with our words.<br /><br />What you wrote was technically fine. If she were grading you on that alone, then the grade shouldn't have been affected negatively. If she were correcting you for your meteorological skills or ability to remember or imagine a time when the sun shone while snowing, then she is in the wrong educational department.<br /><br />Sometimes, the worst of the teachers are at the college level. The need for having good TEACHING skills is lower. College teachers are usually sources of information (lecture) and review (tests). <br /><br />Basically, she was a jerk.Kerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08472241005977420201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494202605629550918.post-9983610816727168412012-01-25T13:45:17.201-05:002012-01-25T13:45:17.201-05:00wow she must have had a bad day. I would never doc...wow she must have had a bad day. I would never dock a kid that loved to write for that. What is awesome is you loved to write and still do. I always got docked a full letter grade for puncuation and grammer which plague me to this day. i don't like excuses but part of my learning disability is flipping things backwards and I can't even remember the rules right. Looking them up drives me crazy and that isn't a drive it's a short walk.Karen Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892103639142471595noreply@blogger.com