Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 " but > *and i know kathleen will cringe with the 'but' first*, " ROFLMAO! Mainly I cringe at me own stuff, but I'll oblige by >CRINGE< Never start a sentence with a preposition. I've had to pick up me own grammar a bit as I have been helping a French friend with her college papers. As one might imagine of someone not having English as her mother tongue, she's a bit dodgey with her written language. She was horrified to see her first paper come in at a C. I told her to let me help, she has since gotten a B+ (which I still cringe over myself) and two A's. With that slap in the face of a B+, I had to pull up me socks and watch things a bit more closely. Tis a temporary condition and one that I will get over soon. ;-) So don't worry, I'm not going to come after anyone waving a tazer! LOL! Cheers! Kathleen Petrides The Woobey Queen The Warming Touch, Therapeutic Pillows http://www.woobeyworld.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 If the Grammar police comes out, I will have to go into hiding.. In 5th grade, my English teacher told me that I would never learn this language and sadly, I agree.From the beginning on , I got sidetracked by the rules of exception to the rules and some brains are just not situated to learn foreign languages. They MADE me learn 3 in the course of my German education and of course I sat there, mumbling , grumbling " who needs it, I will never use it " ... Hah!! In my course of education, if you failed a major subject like 'German', you had to repeat the whole year over, EVERYTHING. If you failed two minor subjects, the same fate. I admit to sqeaking by every year, because of languages. Writing for school essays, tests, etc. is different in this country and took me some time to get used to, but on the bright side, I found the expectations to be lower and did Ok, that was before computers and spellcheck. I admit to having my major papers 'proof read' by some one else, before checking them in. Not for content, just for spelling. Sentence structure was a different thing, my teachers just had to put up with the fact that some of the ' German structure' would shine through, it seemed to be OK. My English classes in 101, 102 English where more structured to read and write essays, I did OK, for Grammar was not heavily graded. But those where the scariest classes for me to take, that old English teacher from 5th grade was like a monkey on my back, still is at times. If I had to think of grammar , every time I wrote, I would never write...Those exceptions to the exceptions of the rule just create a jungle in my brain. I highly respect people who can untangle them and accept them without questioning My son Eric, who is a wonderful writer, told me recently, that I still write with a German accent. I told him that this most likely happens, when I think in German but speak in English... None of that means that my German is excellent, after 40 years of having been in this country , I now speak both languages half-baked... Than there is that 'right brain, left brain' thing, my brain is not cut out to learn languages, it just copes with it. Give me weeds, give me artwork.. What truly bugs me is that a lot of people judge you on your skill of language, to equate it with a certain level of intelligence. Deaf people are not dumb either... C-M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 but kathleen, sometimes that's the only word that does the trick! LOL deb c chillicothe, mo *ps, off to see the quack doc to get the results back from some blood tests. i dont' mind tho, he looks a bit like dennis quaid. hope i can be attentive enough to understand the findings! LOL* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Save room in your hiding place for me -- you bring the tea and I'll bring the cookies, it might be a long stay! ha ha. I am very dyslexic and most likely ADD. When I was a kid you were just stupid. Dyslexic was someone who wrote their " 3's " and " S's " backwards. I remember struggling to learn to read, let alone anything else -- except math and of course girls weren't good in math -- so I got left out there too. I became very good at compensating and when my kids were in school, I learned all I hadn't learned in school myself -- mostly because I learned " differently " and wasn't given a chance. When I was 45 and facing a divorce I decided to go back to school. I first went to the GED people (even though I had a HS diploma) to learn what I was lacking -- I could pass everything they had -- next I went to get my IQ tested, needed to see just how stupid I really was -- OK there too -- so off to college. I took my time and did pretty good -- finished that and off to graduate school -- did that too!! I can totally relate to the monkey on your back from your 5th grade teacher -- it is amazing how a few words --good or bad can have such a profound effect on your life. Thanks for sharing your story. Rita Christa Maria <cmaria wrote: If the Grammar police comes out, I will have to go into hiding.. In 5th grade, my English teacher told me that I would never learn this language and sadly, I agree.From the beginning on , I got sidetracked by the rules of exception to the rules and some brains are just not situated to learn foreign languages. They MADE me learn 3 in the course of my German education and of course I sat there, mumbling , grumbling " who needs it, I will never use it " ... Hah!! In my course of education, if you failed a major subject like 'German', you had to repeat the whole year over, EVERYTHING. If you failed two minor subjects, the same fate. I admit to sqeaking by every year, because of languages. Writing for school essays, tests, etc. is different in this country and took me some time to get used to, but on the bright side, I found the expectations to be lower and did Ok, that was before computers and spellcheck. I admit to having my major papers 'proof read' by some one else, before checking them in. Not for content, just for spelling. Sentence structure was a different thing, my teachers just had to put up with the fact that some of the ' German structure' would shine through, it seemed to be OK. My English classes in 101, 102 English where more structured to read and write essays, I did OK, for Grammar was not heavily graded. But those where the scariest classes for me to take, that old English teacher from 5th grade was like a monkey on my back, still is at times. If I had to think of grammar , every time I wrote, I would never write...Those exceptions to the exceptions of the rule just create a jungle in my brain. I highly respect people who can untangle them and accept them without questioning My son Eric, who is a wonderful writer, told me recently, that I still write with a German accent. I told him that this most likely happens, when I think in German but speak in English... None of that means that my German is excellent, after 40 years of having been in this country , I now speak both languages half-baked... Than there is that 'right brain, left brain' thing, my brain is not cut out to learn languages, it just copes with it. Give me weeds, give me artwork.. What truly bugs me is that a lot of people judge you on your skill of language, to equate it with a certain level of intelligence. Deaf people are not dumb either... C-M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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