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What kind of writing do you do on a daily basis?

by Kmcinnis

Nov 24, 2011

I am currently a freshman in college on my way to becoming a high school social studies teacher. My English comp teacher wants us to write a 4 plus page paper on what kind of writing is expected of us in our fields after graduation. I am finding NOTHING on google or any of the academic databases on it. we have to have an interview, a book and a journal article as sources and i haven't found a thing. The assignment is due for peer reviews on Monday. Any suggestions you could give me would be awesome. Thank you!

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Just sayin' You used the word " perfect" and you spelled grammar "grammer". I don't think I need to say anything more.

On 12/04/11, SS teacher wrote: > Dear OP, > > Quite honestly, I cringed when I read your two > postings. You made more errors than the majority of my > high school students. Maybe the reason that your > teacher gave...See More

Dec 5, 2011

kmcinnis Dear Just Sayin', I love you. =)

Dec 5, 2011

Kmcinnis Dear SS Teacher, I am deeply sorry that I did not meet your standards for posting on a message board. I do have a few major points of confusion about your post though. First, you mentioned the use of text speak, but not once in any of my posts did I ever use text speak. Any of my friends will gladly tell you that I send the longest text messages in...See MoreDear SS Teacher, I am deeply sorry that I did not meet your standards for posting on a message board. I do have a few major points of confusion about your post though. First, you mentioned the use of text speak, but not once in any of my posts did I ever use text speak. Any of my friends will gladly tell you that I send the longest text messages in the history of the world because I spell EVERYTHING out. I find text speak to be very annoying and never employ it, even when sending a tweet. Sending a text speak free message in 140 characters or less is not easy, but I do it anyway because I believe that if one is old enough to be using a service like Twitter or text messaging, they should certainly be old enough to spell correctly. Second, you mentioned the use of a lower case "i" in place of an upper case one when referring to self. I assure you that if this error was made it was an accident. I'm sure that even you have managed to miss a shift key while typing from your high and mighty perch. Third, I am well-aware that the communication sent between instructors and parents is extremely important and should be crafted with great care. But, as you so expertly pointed out, I am a freshman in college. This thread was NOT one of those communications. I was unaware that the internet was such serious business. Fourth, I can tell from your smug little piece of vitriol that you posted for me that you were OBVIOUSLY a perfect student. You never had to deal with the desperation and stress of having to switch topics on a paper at the last minute because you could not find the proper sources. I hope that one day I too can reach a place where I can post on a message board and rip apart a struggling student's grammar instead of giving them the help that they are asking for. In conclusion: I do not appreciate your condescending tone. I am not a child, I am 28 years old. I have been out of school for a VERY long time. Despite all that, I made it into college. This is an academic focused school, not a party focused one. My post was written out of desperation and fear of a looming deadline. I know you think I am some kind of lowlife idiot, but this idiot wrote an A+ paper that's getting used as reference material for incoming English 1010 classes. Thank you for your input. Now please go get over yourself

Dec 5, 2011

gggrrrrrrrrr...... Dear SS teacher,

Here we go again. Quite honestly, i cringed when I read your post. why??? because although u may have good intentions, u r coming off sounding like u r the grammar police! quite frankly, i get so tired of having to make sure i am perfect when i post something on this board. i have to be on my cues all day...this is my let ...See MoreDear SS teacher,

Here we go again. Quite honestly, i cringed when I read your post. why??? because although u may have good intentions, u r coming off sounding like u r the grammar police! quite frankly, i get so tired of having to make sure i am perfect when i post something on this board. i have to be on my cues all day...this is my let down my hair, and not care if i used a litte i. for goodness sake, while what u r saying is true... get over yourslef....geeezzzzz.. with all due respect, ur post makes me want to screammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...... why do u feel the need to point out someone elsesesseseses mistakes? u r not the grammar police!!!!!!!!!!

On 12/04/11, SS teacher wrote: > Dear OP, > > Quite honestly, I cringed when I read your two > postings. You made more errors than the majority of my > high school students. Maybe the reason that your > teacher gave this assignment is because she is not > happy with her students' writing ability. Maybe she > wants you to realize just how much writng you are going > to be required to do. > > As a teacher, EVERY SINGLE thing that you write is > going to be judged at a higher level of expectation > when it comes to spelling, grammer, sentence structure, > punctuation, capitalization, and so forth. No matter > what you write, it needs to be perfect. This is part of > the job. This is not true only for English teachers, > but for ALL teachers. We have parents in our community > who will print out e-mails, correct them, and then send > them to the principal. While fellow teachers are > usually never 100% sure why a non- tenured teacher is > not renewed, it is pretty much a given that if they had > been putting out memos or e-mails with lousy writing, > that fact was used against them when the decision was > made. > > You are not a teacher yet. You have time to correct > this. Do not use the arguement that I was in a hurry or > it was just informal writing. You will have very little > time as a first year teacher. You will always be > rushed. The habits you have now will be the ones that > carry you through your hectic first year teaching. Make > a determination now that every single thing you write > will be read and reread. That you will add capitals and > punctuation. No more little i's for I or texting > shortcuts. >

Dec 14, 2011

WM Wow, nice critique, you misspelled grammar "grammer". You should probably take your own advice.

On 12/04/11, SS teacher wrote: > Dear OP, > > Quite honestly, I cringed when I read your two > postings. You made more errors than the majority of my > high school students. Maybe the reason that your > teacher gave this assi...See More

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