brainylady

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I've been blogging almost entirely about knitting lately because the only other thing in my life is school. I'm consumed by it. As some people would say, I've been burning the candle at both ends of the spectrum. And there just isn't much to say about it here -- unless people want to hear about Canadian communication technology theorists, or the ins and outs of completing a university ethics review form. (Don't everybody raise your hands at once.)

I'm extra busy this week, since on top of my own work I'm grading first-year term papers. And they are not good. High school students are clearly not being taught how to write. I've been reading the most convoluted, poorly constructed sentences. The grammar is shameful. The wordiness is painful. Thesauruses (or thesauri, if you like) should be banned among students who ask themselves, "What's the longest word I can use instead of 'do'?" Dictionaries, however, should be cracked open from time to time! (Note to one of the students who wrote on broadcasting history: The CRTC does not have a history of "chastity." I don't know what the hell you are talking about.)

I must comment about my comments. I love everyone who leaves a comment here. Alas, I hardly ever respond with a personal e-mail. Why not? Well, technical reasons, actually. Two things: first, I don't have the kind of comments-arrangement where I get notified of comments by e-mail. I just open the comments box and read them. (This is why I have it so the last commenter's name appears -- it's easier for me to see if a new comment has been made since I last looked.) Second, I don't use 0utlook Expre$$ for e-mail. If you leave me a comment and input your e-mail address, I can't actually access your e-mail address. (Does this make any sense?) This sucks big time for blogless commenters, I know. Most likely I'm just being a technodoofus, and there's a really simple way around this -- if so, let me know. In the meantime, if you are asking me a question (hi, Erika and KJ), you might want to send me an e-mail. My e-mail address is at the bottom of my About Me page.

Can you believe this is the second last week of classes? My life is insane, but only for a couple more weeks. Amazing. I have to start thinking about Xmas plans!