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Siobhan Curious Says: Teachers are People Too

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December 8, 2011

Unfriendly Grammar: A Reply

On Monday, I published a letter from S, who feels the urge to delete friends from her social networks when they write updates full of grammatical errors. You had lots of interesting responses. Here’s mine. Dear S, I sympathize. I really do. But I can’t commiserate, I’m afraid. I’ve had to work too hard to Continue reading

education, literacy, society, technology, writing

communication, friends, grammar, social media
December 5, 2011

Unfriendly Grammar

The other day, I received a letter from a reader who is having an extreme emotional response to others’ bad grammar. What should she do? Dear Auntie Siobhan, Would you consider writing a post on the issues of being an English teacher and social media user? When I read status updates on Facebook and other Continue reading

education, literacy, society, technology

communication, friends, grammar, social networking
May 6, 2010

I Love This Alot

I was going to try to write a post today, but thanks to Adriana, I found this… The Alot Is Better Than You At Everything …so I don’t have to! It’s all about the fantastical creature “Alot,” and it makes me very happy. Now reading my students’ papers full of grammatical errors will be an Continue reading

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