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Originally Posted by PornoDoggy
I am suddenly having flashbacks to sophmore English class.  |
I do believe I'm over the legal limit on English classes and can tell you right now that all a good English class does is give you a good ear. You will *never* remember the actual rule for why something is right or wrong, but you'll know it when you hear it.
I was a guest speaker at a middle school English class and when I said that to the class I thought the teacher (darling, cute, dedicated teacher that he was) nearly achieved a certain degree of physical release. He nodded at me like a mad thing with a huge grin. The class, of course, also nodded. (Just as children will take as gospel truths something said by anyone other than their parents - even if their parents said the same damned thing, students hang onto every word of the way cool "guest speaker," even if their teacher had been trying to pound the same thing into their little skulls.)
One of the more fun things with that little exercise was finding out about the nickel budget (whatever, schools are broke) the school newspaper had. I handed the principal a check for $50 and said "you just received an anonymous donation for the school newspaper's printing cost, got it?" She smiled and nodded and had a death grip on the check.
OT: I have had my small tastes in the "use of power" in my life. "Power" means different things to different people, and of course the use and/or abuse of power has even more meanings. My tenure with the PTA, etc., gave me quite a taste for the "big fish, small pond" use of power. I rather liked having a large group of people all thinking/saying their personal versions of "don't fuck with this bitch."