Tag: education
group name: writeful
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August 08, 2007 09:03 PM EDT --
Hello friends
I am writing a story that involves some history. It is recent history, the 1930's and 1940's and before.
In some of the details of this history I find only one referrance. . . . more
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July 15, 2007 02:49 PM EDT --
One of the most useful mnemonic devices in my life is the "I Before E" rule. I often have trouble with transposed letters, and sometimes neither "ei" nor "ie" looks right . . . more
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March 01, 2007 06:01 PM EST --
I read in the paper today about William and Mary college losing a donors pledge for 12 million dollars . WHY ? Because they removed a cross from a chapel. WHY ? So students of all faiths would feel welcome. . . . more
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March 08, 2007 11:11 PM EST --
It seems the number one complaint these days is smoking vs. anti smoking. Oh how horrible we smokers are who dares to light up and pollute the air.
Well speaking of polluting lets check out a few things . . . more
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July 06, 2007 03:32 PM EDT --
I went to work first - and clocked in. I met with the other teacher who was going. The students met us upstairs - we're hoping that others hadn't been turned away by school . . . more
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April 02, 2007 06:47 AM EDT --
It's been said that "everyone has a story to tell". That quote goes back many years and for a writer who wants to be published and sell books, that statement is a nemesis.
That statement . . . more
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April 20, 2007 03:46 AM EDT --
Late, as usual. That's really OK with me, you know why? Because it is exactly this type of attitude I think everybody should start to have. If we are always in a rush it mean we need . . . more
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June 29, 2007 02:31 PM EDT --
The Interrobang WTF Is That
I was innocently eating watermelon while listening the NPR one afternoon earlier this month when Says You! informed me that there is a punctuation mark for grammatical situations . . . more
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May 06, 2007 10:53 AM EDT --
They say that you can learn something from anyone. Today, this was proved true! It took my daughter to point it out, since I was preoccupied reading articles on Gather, but the soundbite had . . . more
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March 14, 2007 08:00 AM EDT --
For the whole of February and some days in March, I was away from Gather and it felt really strange, not able to communicate with this group that has come to mean so much to me in a short while. . . . more
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May 21, 2007 08:04 PM EDT --
Author - Elizabeth Haydon
This is the first in what might be a very long series.
The book seemed to take a long time getting started, but since a lot of time was taken to establish the characters . . . more
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March 15, 2007 12:17 PM EDT --
I wished I could take credit for this, but I cannot. Someone from my writing group sent this to the group this morning. How true these oddities in our English language really are. Enjoy...! . . . more
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April 04, 2007 01:48 PM EDT --
While I'll be writing more about education in an upcoming piece on Bill Bradley's new book, I've become curious about what type of education people here have received in written communication, . . . more
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July 04, 2007 07:23 PM EDT --
Author: Howard Buten
This is an amazing book! It is written from the perspective of a child aged 8. He wavers between being highly imaginative and being very concrete in his . . . more
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August 08, 2007 06:56 AM EDT --
It is said that one of the most sublime things in the world is plain truth. Every religious scripture exhort the followers to speak the truth, if they believe in God. Parents and teachers . . . more
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July 14, 2007 07:33 PM EDT --
Their, There, They're, Little Writer
They're over there with their homophones on, little writer, and they can't hear you pounding the keys over here. No, I know how frustrating it is to have . . . more
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July 23, 2007 11:30 PM EDT --
So a few months back, I got my hands on a Sony Reader, compliments Gather's exceptional marketing team. I wrote a little review of the technology, concluding that it was a great concept, and a good . . . more
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May 10, 2007 12:22 AM EDT --
Having lived most of my adult life in America, I have shed a lot of my Indian-ness and have become a true hybrid species. Many Indians who live in America stick to their own ways and involve themselves . . . more
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March 18, 2007 11:31 AM EDT --
There are some things in life
We all have to do ourselves.
Like dying.
Or saying, "I'm sorry."
Or deciding to learn in school
Instead of goofing around.
Or deciding what . . . more
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March 08, 2007 05:04 PM EST --
Celebrated on the 8th of March, Today is "International Women's Day," (IWD) it is the global day connecting all women around the world and inspiring them too achieve their full . . . more
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