Last week, I finished my first class of graduate school. It was a course in news editing. I've always been a bit of a nerd. I go crazy when people make errors like the one in the picture here. This past year, I tried to teach my students the difference between "your" and "you're" as well as the three theres (there, their, they're). I wasn't quite as successful as I had hoped but perhaps in a few years, they'll have a new teacher who teaches them the difference and they'll remember, hey, Miss Bunn tried to teach us this!
Monday, August 3, 2009
Nerdy Me, I edit as I walk
Last week, I finished my first class of graduate school. It was a course in news editing. I've always been a bit of a nerd. I go crazy when people make errors like the one in the picture here. This past year, I tried to teach my students the difference between "your" and "you're" as well as the three theres (there, their, they're). I wasn't quite as successful as I had hoped but perhaps in a few years, they'll have a new teacher who teaches them the difference and they'll remember, hey, Miss Bunn tried to teach us this!
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Nerds are lovable... at least I think so. :) I do the same thing, however, sometimes I catch my own mistakes and mortification soon follows.
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