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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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6. ...too clever???

Reply to rrneck (Reply #5)

Fri Apr 26, 2013, 04:39 PM

Apr 2013

Maybe, but having worked as a teacher, I would suggest that in such an exercise there would be a number of points that had been predetermined to be necessary in any essay response. If those were covered then, IMHO the daring in the "What chair?" response would inspire me to believe that not only was the writer knowledgeable enough but also certain enough of his/her argument to risk it.

As Tom Skerritt said in "Top Gun", "I like that in a pilot."

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The chair... [View all] rrneck Apr 2013 OP

heh - however Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2013 #1

If Helen Keller fell down in the woods would she make any noise? rrneck Apr 2013 #2

Woo boy ismnotwasm Apr 2013 #3

"What chair?" gets my vote for a few reasons: discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2013 #4

That all makes sense rrneck Apr 2013 #5

...too clever??? discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2013 #6

Did you see rrneck Apr 2013 #7

No I haven't but... discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2013 #8