It’s based on a paragraph in the book mentioned at the bottomn of the article, but yes, I wrote the text around the ideas – the ‘quotes’ from the ‘people’ contain text from the book itself…
Now there’s a thought. I imagine they’ll become adults and go into various professions, wouldn’t want to pigeonhole their young lives just yet. Of course, this isn’t real, you know – this article, I mean?
I used that one today… I told a class that the government had decided to abolish two of the four writing scripts we use here in Japan. They were up in arms, until I told them to look up gullible in their dictionaries.
Fun lesson though! Which two would you get rid of, and how would the world be different….?
My First thought was that it was like the Medieval Helpdesk too but it reminded me of this site also – Pencils across the curriculum. Does this ring any bells anywhere?
Very good. Did you write it?
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It’s based on a paragraph in the book mentioned at the bottomn of the article, but yes, I wrote the text around the ideas – the ‘quotes’ from the ‘people’ contain text from the book itself…
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Do you think that these “passive consumers of other people’s lives” will become … EFL teachers!?
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Now there’s a thought. I imagine they’ll become adults and go into various professions, wouldn’t want to pigeonhole their young lives just yet. Of course, this isn’t real, you know – this article, I mean?
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Excellent. Do I really have to pay 50p to use it? :p
I’m reminded of the video where one monk is training another to use a book instead of a scroll. Guess everyone’s seen that by now?
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Not real? Come on – I’m not gullible!!
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You know that’s not in the dictionary, right?
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I used that one today… I told a class that the government had decided to abolish two of the four writing scripts we use here in Japan. They were up in arms, until I told them to look up gullible in their dictionaries.
Fun lesson though! Which two would you get rid of, and how would the world be different….?
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My First thought was that it was like the Medieval Helpdesk too
but it reminded me of this site also – Pencils across the curriculum. Does this ring any bells anywhere?
http://pages.minot.k12.nd.us/nansen/content/section/pencils.html
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