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Am not "Toot Sweet"
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Am not "Toot Sweet"
H the K wrote:
On 9/25/09 2:14 PM, jps wrote: On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:45:49 -0500, wrote: On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:09:40 -0400, H the K wrote: snipped for Harry's own good You're a young writer, perhaps not in years. "He" reminds me of some of the freshmen I encountered when I taught bonehead English. There were always a couple of overwrought, purple prose wannabe writers among the students I taught in every class. If they were particularly obnoxious in class, I would slash and burn my way through their homework with a red pen. Harry, that reminds of me of my first year in college in comp class. I had submitted my first writing assignment, and a short time later the professor of the class came into the book store by the student union, having seen me in there, to commend me on my writing and the quality of the essay. I was surprised by that, of course. He said that I was far ahead of most other freshmen that he usually had in his class. He was equally surprised when he learned that I had little desire to be a writer. I went into engineering. Silly me. And now you sell insurance? Even professors can be buffoons, you know. Most who consider themselves right-of-center have little regard for the liberal arts so I haven't a clue why you'd think his commendation held any value. "Comp class" was the sort of official name of the "Bonehead English" classes I taught. "English composition 101." It sure was hell was *not* usually taught by "professors," but, rather, by lowly T.A.'s, or teaching assistants. That's what I was, a master's student in English trying to earn a few bucks to help defray my university costs. Bull****. |
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Am not "Toot Sweet"
On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:14:30 -0700, jps wrote:
On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:45:49 -0500, wrote: On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:09:40 -0400, H the K wrote: snipped for Harry's own good You're a young writer, perhaps not in years. "He" reminds me of some of the freshmen I encountered when I taught bonehead English. There were always a couple of overwrought, purple prose wannabe writers among the students I taught in every class. If they were particularly obnoxious in class, I would slash and burn my way through their homework with a red pen. Harry, that reminds of me of my first year in college in comp class. I had submitted my first writing assignment, and a short time later the professor of the class came into the book store by the student union, having seen me in there, to commend me on my writing and the quality of the essay. I was surprised by that, of course. He said that I was far ahead of most other freshmen that he usually had in his class. He was equally surprised when he learned that I had little desire to be a writer. I went into engineering. Silly me. And now you sell insurance? Even professors can be buffoons, you know. Most who consider themselves right-of-center have little regard for the liberal arts so I haven't a clue why you'd think his commendation held any value. Contrary to your claim, you must be having difficulty with my "ponderosities." Apparently, I didn't think his commendation held any value. And, yes, I sell insurance, among other things. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access |
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On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:40:59 -0500, wrote:
On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:14:30 -0700, jps wrote: On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:45:49 -0500, wrote: On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:09:40 -0400, H the K wrote: snipped for Harry's own good You're a young writer, perhaps not in years. "He" reminds me of some of the freshmen I encountered when I taught bonehead English. There were always a couple of overwrought, purple prose wannabe writers among the students I taught in every class. If they were particularly obnoxious in class, I would slash and burn my way through their homework with a red pen. Harry, that reminds of me of my first year in college in comp class. I had submitted my first writing assignment, and a short time later the professor of the class came into the book store by the student union, having seen me in there, to commend me on my writing and the quality of the essay. I was surprised by that, of course. He said that I was far ahead of most other freshmen that he usually had in his class. He was equally surprised when he learned that I had little desire to be a writer. I went into engineering. Silly me. And now you sell insurance? Even professors can be buffoons, you know. Most who consider themselves right-of-center have little regard for the liberal arts so I haven't a clue why you'd think his commendation held any value. Contrary to your claim, you must be having difficulty with my "ponderosities." Apparently, I didn't think his commendation held any value. And, yes, I sell insurance, among other things. Do you engineer insurance sales? |
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