Ms Yve Marie
Subscriber since: December 2016
About Me
A former college adjunct & grad student with 13 years of classroom experience, I've shifted to secondary...tenure track work is just easier to find. BUT the major impetus was that I spent 13 years wondering why my Freshmen couldn't read non-fiction with any degree of competency, no matter the district they came from. I see the remediation courses at college-level as little more than a money grab, especially since college teaching requires no certification/specialization AN colleges are using too many adjuncts. Our children deserve better: to learn the basics for free (K-12). I like CCSS for ELA with some exceptions, categorization of reading and writing types is too vague, and believe the added rigor is a good move. I adore words, love language & literature...and the classroom.
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My Favorites
Least Favorite Word:
saidAAAAARGH! The students overuse this, ignoring the myriad other ways to be more specific. I loathe "In the text it states.." also. STOP teaching that! Use "They Say/I Say" stems for using quotes...I BEG you!
Favorite Quote:
"The habit of sardonic contemplation is the hardest of all to break."
- Angela Carter
Favorite Topics:
Fun:
How to write:
Usage:
Comparative Nonsense
November 1, 2019
- 5 Comments
Unexpected Cousins
April 1, 2019
- 8 Comments
Writers:
Dennis Baron's "What's Your Prounoun? Beyond He & She" is a Timely Winner
February 27, 2020
- 2 Comments
Reading:
How to Read More Books
November 19, 2018
- 5 Comments
Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
April 2, 2018
- 2 Comments
Advertising:
Dubiously Distinguished
January 1, 2020
- 12 Comments
Under the Influence
February 18, 2019
- 2 Comments
Politics:
Suffrage and Language
February 17, 2020
- 2 Comments
Unidentified Aerial Horse Apples
October 9, 2019
- 5 Comments
Linguists:
Pronouns Prevail for Word of Year and Decade
January 10, 2020
- 1 Comment
Comparative Nonsense
November 1, 2019
- 5 Comments
Books:
Dennis Baron's "What's Your Prounoun? Beyond He & She" is a Timely Winner
February 27, 2020
- 2 Comments
Inspiration to All
December 10, 2019
- 1 Comment
Dictionaries:
Finding (or Inventing) Euphemisms in the Latest OED Update
November 13, 2019
- 4 Comments
Webster: the Weaseliest Word in Dictionaries
June 21, 2019
- 4 Comments
Writer's block:
Four Ways to Build Mental Toughness for Writing
December 23, 2019
- 7 Comments
How to Become More Interested in What You're Writing
June 24, 2019
- 2 Comments
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