September 22, 20169 yr Author Maybe you should add a little more pizzazz to your lectures! :banana: I knew that was coming. And you're probably right !!! At these teacher conferences, they keep telling us to give up lecturing, that students don't respond well to that approach anymore. I've tried to do less lecturing and incorporate some engaging activities into class but there's only so much of that I can do. When you have to get through three or four hundred pages of calculus material in 15 weeks, some lecture just can't be avoided. It's tricky to find that perfect balance, especially in a technical subject like calculus.
September 22, 20169 yr The butchering of the English language. My kids call me the grammar Nazi because this drives me NUTS! The worst offenses: It don't.... Ain't We wasn't.... And my biggest. ME IS NOT THE SUBJECT OF A SENTENCE! I hear this more and more from the younger generation.
September 23, 20169 yr Honest to goodness, if I was to answer this question my post would look like a month of @B-Ball-fan posts rolled into one. I wouldnt subject anyone to that.
September 23, 20169 yr Having to listen to peoples' cell phone conversations as if they are the only folks in the area.
September 23, 20169 yr Using "umm" in between every two words in a conversation. Have you noticed the IOS 10 app which translates to voice mails? Wow, you can really see who umms a lot.
September 23, 20169 yr Have you noticed the IOS 10 app which translates to voice mails? Wow, you can really see who umms a lot. No TAC, I'm not that savvy. I'm an old dog.
September 23, 20169 yr Honest to goodness, if I was to answer this question my post would look like a month of @B-Ball-fan posts rolled into one. I wouldnt subject anyone to that. If you think that your post would look like a month of my posts, what do you think my post on this topic would look like if I let loose? :eek: Good God I don't even want to get started. I'm exhausted thinking about it.
September 23, 20169 yr My kids call me the grammar Nazi because this drives me NUTS! The worst offenses: It don't.... Ain't We wasn't.... And my biggest. ME IS NOT THE SUBJECT OF A SENTENCE! I hear this more and more from the younger generation. I'm with you on 2 of 3. I know it hurts, but "ain't" has been an accepted part of the lexicon for decades and has been in the dictionary as a legit word for nearly that long.
September 23, 20169 yr No TAC, I'm not that savvy. I'm an old dog. I guess you can't teach on old dog new tricks?
September 23, 20169 yr I'm with you on 2 of 3. I know it hurts, but "ain't" has been an accepted part of the lexicon for decades and has been in the dictionary as a legit word for nearly that long.[/quote Perhaps, but it is a word you do not hear from those who use proper grammar. I bet old Daniel Webster is not happy about it!
September 23, 20169 yr I'm with you on 2 of 3. I know it hurts, but "ain't" has been an accepted part of the lexicon for decades and has been in the dictionary as a legit word for nearly that long. Perhaps, but it is a word you do not hear from those who use proper grammar. I bet old Daniel Webster is not happy about it! Guessing he wouldn't care for YOLO being considered a word either. :lol2:
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