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At 21:26 10/9/97 -0600, Dewey Dykstra wrote:As much as I love Dodgson, I would really appreciate the full text of the
David Dockstader says:good
I would suggest that one of the most important characteristics of a
teacher is enthusiam for the subject....
I'm wondering would a teacher who is enthusiastic about requiringstudents
to drill at memorizing nonsense syllables result in students who wantto
learn nonsense syllables?
...
Dewey
I had a rather fine English teacher, (among many others).
Accordingly, I can recite:
"'Twas brillig and the slithy tove
did gyre and gimbal in the wabe:
all mimsey were the borogroves.
And the mome raths outgabe."
Charles Dodgson
It is among my sadnesses for lost opportunities, that children
who could learn poems by memory, are usually denied that opportunity
by an unenthusiastic school system.
Sincerely,
brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK