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2013-03-29 - 10:08 a.m.

T8/H2
today we will dive into the text
today we will go for a swim in the text

T8/H2/MGMT
I hear voices...and that is not a cry for help, today I actually remembered to take my meds

V1/Ety.
Prodigy comes from Prodigium
The prodigium was a type of monster that upsets the natural order

E1/X
Apparently there is research being conducted, trying to get at the perplexing question of whether or not increased class size has a negative impact on S8 L5

P9/W15/WDTM/M7
If you want to get to the bottom of a ditch...start at the top!

P9/I7/D1
Sarcasm is the protest of people who are weak

H2/T8/L11/S11
Don't misconstrue these words: Secret Agent man with Secret Asian Man

MT/W15/L.P./MGMT/A7
Wisdom is something found in that sweet spot betwixt listening and speaking.

T8/A7/W7/L5
The world is an interesting place...for people who can focus on the task, one step at a time.

V1/MI15
Feckless is one of those many acceptable words like discerning that make it acceptable for adults to be cruel.

H2/CX-E,b
Understatement is that staple of British H2. A person who los a leg. Q: So how you feel?
A: It stings
T1 Monty Python

L3/H2/C and K/
Damn with faint praise
When you give a slighting compliment
It's an insult disguised as a compliment
"You are much smarter than you look"
"I didn't recognize you, did you shower?"

L3/L1-s/G3
Litotes/Double Negatives
"No es nada tonto"
trans: it's not all foolish
use: as a compliment to say something is smart or clever

So litotes are expressions in the negative that essentially violate the grammarian law of double negatives.

E.G. Somebody who is attractive is described as "not unattractive"

Similar concepts: some litotes also function as examples of understatement.

W1/E3/T8/V1/: Concision in Writing
Looking for that magical compression in your writing that enriches instead of vitiates.

Puff/Blurb/I15/WDTM/N7
"Expansive naratives and baroquely detailed descriptions that pin down an increasingly incomprehensible reality c exactitude and nuance.

P9/T8/E3/S3
Accusation a shout innocence a whisper
there is truth in the tone

M2/MSW/MP1
The school bus was big loaf of yellow bread.

T8/P15/Why/E1
S8 always should be aware of what and why they are L5 something.

M2/MW1/TAL: PainW1
It felt like a large bore needle full of fire and hydrochloric acid being injected into my buttocks every five seconds

T8/S1
1. Good Q's start with the "why"
the tease of L5
2. Build R1 stamina
3. Creative text to life connections
4. Tell a S1
5. Everything a S1
6. Everything an A8

MH2/S4/P16 (persuasion)
"That's just good science" said when things are completely subjective.

T8/Ernie Mendez
1. The fact finder
Summarize/Recall when X
2. The analyzer
What are the Sim and Diff of X
C and C X
C and E of X
3. The empathizer
How would you react if X
4. The artist
Create a M2 for X
What would happen if X

T8 and Comprehensible Input
A. G.O.'s
B. W.B.'s and W.B.'s
C. Picture Clues
D. bulletin boards
E. E15's of V1 origins
f. Use of e.g.'s
g. Use of A6's

T8/MGMT/A7/l.r.h.i. p.
You are here learning to be a smart and consequently deeply, bottomlessly happy person.

l.r.h.i.p./T8/L5 and Myst.
"I'm not at liberty to disclose that information at this time;however,___

L3/German/18th C
A. Strum and Drang
B. Movement in 18th Century
C. Late 18th C
D. Pittued a highly e1 person against a highly conventional socieyt and captured that particular conflict

L3/L6/Paradox
A. Paradox is statement that leads to a contradiciton or defies L6
B. circuluar reasoning/recursion
C. Used as a S9 for contradiction or I7
D. Types: falsidical/veridical/antinomian

 

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