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January 22, 2012

Pride and Prejudice — some helpful bits of info

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a New York City high school student in possession of a 19th century British novel must be in want of a study guide, so I thought I would create a reference page to … Continue reading →

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Welcome, Class of 2012! I hope you will find this blog to be a useful, expedient mechanism for sharing your writing and responding to the writing of others. Furthermore, I hope you have some fun! There are some rules, however, of which you must be aware.
First Rule

This blog is educational. It is not a space for chatting with your friends (you have facebook, twitter, tumblr, etc. for that). You'll be expected to respond to your classmates' writing, but I want you to think of them more as colleagues than friends on this site. The "fun" mentioned above will be in taking others' ideas to task in friendly debate. Therefore...
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Writing on this site is FORMAL. For a GRADE. You will be graded on the quality of your response, both in terms of content and mechanics. Remember that people out there in the world can and will peek in to see what you're writing, so make it your best effort every time.
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Text message/Chat abbreviations are just that -- for texting and chatting. You won't be LOL-ing, btw, when I pwn ur grade, lolz! (For the record, I love txt lingo -- and it has its place -- but my job is to teach you to write formally -- not be your bff -- hence the requirement that you write with a formal tone here).
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Comment on the comments of others, but remember that there's a person behind that comment. People have a tendency to think that it's okay to be cruel online and to "speak" to others in ways they wouldn't speak to others in real life. Remember: I know who you are...and even if I didn't, you should always be civil.
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Always use the same username in your comments. If you use a name that isn't already known to me, I'll assume you aren't one of my students and I'll delete the comment -- which means you'll have to write it again under your usual username, and that would not be fun.
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