"I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it." -- WIlliam Faulkner

Friday, April 9, 2010

In-Class Exercise

Take out out a piece of paper and finish the following:


No one on either side of the political spectrum would deny that our government is slow, ineffectual, and wasteful. Moreover,…


I have a few secrets that make my life more difficult than it needs to be. Specifically,…


Even though I value education in the utmost, I often find myself questioning the value of much that I have done in school. To put it bluntly,…


Even though they may pay lip service to it, most American youth don’t seem to live by a strong moral code. Conversely,…


We are among the wealthiest nations on the planet. Nonetheless,…


…Regardless…


There are a least two different “me”s. Consequently,…


Granted,... I still feel, however, that I need to be left to make my own decisions. about my life and my behavior.


Placing heavy restrictions on older children and teenagers backfires more often than it works. Hence,


Specify the ambiguous pronouns:


I never have much trouble making friends; nonetheless I end up feeling lonely a lot. My mother says I got this from my father, who passed away before I was born. And maybe it was that that created this condition in the first place.