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Grammar is social currency. If universities aim to produce productive citizens, grammar may seem secondary to technical skills. But if...

@Hornbein: they give us the syllabus, and the criterion for passing, and then they tell us we cannot fail the number of students who...

I still have the one I bought off the rack in 1978 for $200. It still looks new, though perhaps not stylish. I don't keep track of...

Today I learned of the Laguna Garzon Bridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Garzón_Bridge. I thought it was so senseless it had...

Back in maybe 1965 my Dad tried to flunk half of the students in his engineering class. The University of Michigan wouldn't let him do...

OK. Then when the students fail to learn grammar do you flunk them out?

Worst cover I have ever heard by Mungo Jerry. Does not fall into the "so bad it's good" category. Here's the original. He sure likes...

I've gotten to know humanities students and they could not do anything that is logical. Trying to force them will not work. Their...

A USA high school degree just means you sat in a chair for twelve years. It's totally different in Japan or China. You've got to work...

I thought those were a thing of the past. Multiple choice exams are what's happening. It's a matter of practicality. I had two...

My university required an English composition class. The correction of grammar was included. A foreign language was also required...

When I Saw Her Standing There ends with a ninth chord, something that soon disappeared from popular music. The chord that opens A Hard...

Yes, the thing that interests me most about good art is it communicates how the artist feels about life, sees life. I don't get that...

Written by a band called Big Star that had management troubles and never made it far.

I always liked this guys tone. I thought he used some unusual sort of ebass but nope, the same thing everyone else uses. Have no idea...