What's one thing you learned while at THS that has helped you, stayed in your thoughts, been a shining beacon, or whatever, since you left high school?
For me, it's easy - Miss Joy Box's three-sentence paragraph exercises. I'm sure those who took 11th grade English from Miss Box remember these well. I don't claim to be a wonderful writer but whenever I do write, I remember what she taught us and it has helped.
Add your thoughts about a significant thing by attaching a comment to this post. This is not limited to academics. It might be a personal relationship (positive or negative), something extracurricular or even outside school altogether.
So, give it a shot.
Jim
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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I thank my lucky stars for BOTH Joy Box and Anna Brown every time I have to grade a project from my own students. Without their through grounding in English, I wouldn't be able to help my students master their writing skills nearly as well.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone remember the saying "NO RAIN A DESERT MAKES". Miss Anna Brown taught us that and I have remembered it all these years. Teachers, just know you have an impact on some forever. Any one know where that quote came from?
ReplyDeleteI have used it in my teaching many times.
sara duren
I can't remember that phrase but I learned a phrase later that would have been interesting to her. When I was in computer science graduate school back in the Dark Ages of computers, we were looking at the use of computers for language translation purposes. The ambiguity of English is a real problem as exemplified by the sentence, "Time flies like an arrow." Each of the first three words could be the verb! Miss Brown would have loved it!
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