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Bad Apple, Bad Saying
“One bad apple ruins the barrel.” That’s how I learned it. Language shift being a real thing, now people say things like, “You don’t throw out the whole barrel if you find one bad apple.” This has been getting under my skin in the worst way for a long time, because that is REALLY bad…
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IMHO post: Blue curtains & reading into writing
IMHO really meaning In my NOT SO humble opinion *** The main flaw in the way HS English classes approach lit crit lies not in the nature of textual analysis, but in the way schools measure mastery of subjective topics. If tests & grade metrics choose A Right Answer ™, interpretative reading dies. The question…
