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School of Hard Knocks.
In 2008 I spent some time working in a special classroom for kids with behavior problems in one of Philadelphia's most notorious public high schools, in one of the city's worst neighborhoods. The experience resulted in an seven part web series that tells in great detail what it's like to be inside room 315.
posted by The Straightener at 1:15 PM on January 20, 2009 - 4 comments
In 2008 I spent some time working in a special classroom for kids with behavior problems in one of Philadelphia's most notorious public high schools, in one of the city's worst neighborhoods. The experience resulted in an seven part web series that tells in great detail what it's like to be inside room 315.
posted by The Straightener at 1:15 PM on January 20, 2009 - 4 comments
Improve your prose style
Robert Graves and Alan Hodge wrote a terrific book on English prose style, The Reader Over Your Shoulder. It included a history of English prose styles, the "principles of clear statement", and (most important) 54 passages of clouded prose in which they showed how violating the principles ruined the prose. But: if you simply read their critiques, nothing sinks in. You murmur, "Yes, yes, of course," and learn nothing. So I typed up the passages (downloadable as a PDF file) for you to mark up before you read their critiques---which will then sink in: "Oh, wow, I didn't see that." 54 passages---one a day for almost two months, and your readers will thank you. Also includes a link to secondhand copies of the text.
posted by LeisureGuy at 9:45 AM on November 14, 2006
Robert Graves and Alan Hodge wrote a terrific book on English prose style, The Reader Over Your Shoulder. It included a history of English prose styles, the "principles of clear statement", and (most important) 54 passages of clouded prose in which they showed how violating the principles ruined the prose. But: if you simply read their critiques, nothing sinks in. You murmur, "Yes, yes, of course," and learn nothing. So I typed up the passages (downloadable as a PDF file) for you to mark up before you read their critiques---which will then sink in: "Oh, wow, I didn't see that." 54 passages---one a day for almost two months, and your readers will thank you. Also includes a link to secondhand copies of the text.
posted by LeisureGuy at 9:45 AM on November 14, 2006
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